New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY WELFARE ACT 1987

- As at 1 July 2022 
- Act 52 of 1987 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   3A.     Facilities
   3B.     (Repealed)
   4.      Objects of community welfare legislation
   5.      Delegation

   PART 2 - COMMUNITY WELFARE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

           Division 1 - Functions of Minister and Secretary

   6.      Power of Minister in relation to community welfare and social development
   7.      Assistance funds for community welfare and social development programs
   8.      Honorary welfare officers
   9.      Preparation of policies and programmes by the Secretary
   10.     Assessment of community welfare and social development programmes by the Secretary
   11.     Arrangements to use services
   12.     Community Welfare Fund
   13.     Application of Community Welfare Fund
   13A.    Acquisition and disposal of land
           13B, 13C. (Repealed)

           Division 2 - Committees

           14-16. (Repealed)
   17.     Committees
   18.     Assistance to committees
   19.     Reports

   PART 3 - (Repealed)
   None

   PART 4 - GENERAL WELFARE ASSISTANCE

   35.     Objects of Part
   36.     General assistance

   PART 5 - DISASTER WELFARE ASSISTANCE

   37.     Definitions
   37A.    Declaration of disasters
   38.     Co-ordination of welfare services for victims of declared disasters
   38A.    Financial and other assistance to disaster victims
   39.     Community Disaster Relief Fund
   40.     Application of Community Disaster Relief Fund
   41.     Transfer of private disaster relief funds to Community Disaster Relief Fund
   42.     Investment of Community Disaster Relief Fund

   PART 6 - (Repealed)
   None

   PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

   75.     Limitation of personal liability
   76.     Disclosure of information
   76A.    Obstruction etc of officers
   76B.    Person falsely representing as an employee
   76C.    False or misleading statements
   77.     Proceedings for offences
   78.     Regulations
   79.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
           Schedule 1 (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 2
           Schedule 3 (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 4