ON 20 DECEMBER 1965, the NSW Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 was enacted and commenced.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lrpa1965404
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Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (NSW)
ON THIS DAY in 1946, the NSW Parliament enacted the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lrpa1946404
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Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944 (NSW)
ON 8 DECEMBER 1944, the NSW Parliament enacted the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1944.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lrpa1944404
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1933 | Beer and Wine Revenue Act 1933
ON THIS DAY in 1933, US Congress passed the Beer and Wine Revenue Act 1933 which relaxed prohibition in the United States.
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Women granted the vote in South Australia
ON THIS DAY in 1895, the Constitution (Female Suffrage) Act 1895 (SA) granted South Australian women (except for aboriginal women) the right to vote. SA was only the second jurisdiction in the world to do so following New Zealand (1893).
http://foundingdocs.gov.au/item-sdid-44.html
1894 | Sale of Goods Act
ON THIS DAY in 1894, the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted the Sale of Goods Act 1893. New South Wales enacted its own Act in 1923.
Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 (UK)
ON 15 AUGUST 1876, the UK Parliament enacted the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876.
The Act amended the Cruelty to Animals Act 1849, extending it to animal experiments by licensing and regulating scientific animal experiments and prohibiting such experiments that are painful.
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Factory Act 1847 (UK)
8 JUNE 1847, the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted the Factory Act 1847, also known as the Ten Hour Bill.
Women and children could only work 63 hours per week as of 1 July 1847 and 58 hours per week, or 10 hours per week, as of 1 May 1848.
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Lord Campbell’s Act (UK)
ON 26 AUGUST 1846, the UK Parliament passed the Fatal Accidents Act 1846, also known as Lord Campbell’s Act.
Close relatives of a person killed by the wrongdoing of another were entitled by this Act to recover damages that the common law did not previously allow. The provision has been legislated in common law jurisdictions around the world. The Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 (NSW) introduced similar provisions in New South Wales.
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Debtor’s prison abolished in NSW | 21 December 1843
ON 21 DECEMBER 1843, the NSW Insolvency Act 1843 abolished imprisonment for debt.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/ia1843n22176
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