- The Law Relating to the Age of Majority, the Age for Marriage and Some Connected Subjects (Working Paper No 2-1977)

[1977] IELRC 2

Irish Law Reform Commission

Republic of Ireland

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Constitution
Age of Majority Act 1974 (ACT)
Marriage Act 1961 (Cth)	s13, s21
Act 1965 (Cth)
1970 (NSW)	s8, s9
Road Traffic Act 1961 (SA)	s31
Age of Majority Act 1973 (Tas)	s3
Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (Tas)
Act 1977 (Vic)
Mental Health Act 1959 (Vic)
Provident Societies Act 1893 (Vic)	sWA1970137.PDF.SINO_TEXT, sWA1973137.PDF.SINO_TEXT
Age of Majority Act 1972 (WA)
Adoption Act 1952	s3, s10, s11
Adoption Act 1964	s3, s5
Adoption Act 1974	s11
Courts Act 1971
Children's Allowances (Amendment) Act 1946	s4
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935	s1, s2, s14
Credit Union Act 1966	s3, s4
Defence Act 1954	s107
Electoral (Amendment) Act 1973	s2, s3, s4
Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976
Guardianship of Infants Act 1964	s2, s7, s11
1947	s2
Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act 1930
Intoxicating Liquor Act 1924
Intoxicating Liquor (General) Act 1924	s10, s12
Juries Act 1976	s6, s4, s5
Marriages Act 1972	s1, s2, s3, s7, s8, s10, s11, s19
Mines and Quarries Act 1965	s5, s108
Married Women's Status Act 1957	s13
Public Assistance Act 1939	s27
Referendum (Amendment) Act 1972
Succession Act 1965	s2, s3, s49, s57, s58, s77, s90, s127, s2
Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 1974	s9, s13
Social Welfare Act 1948	s52
Social Welfare Act 1952	s4, s14, s23, s24, s105, s106, s109, s114
Social Welfare (Amendment) Act 1960	s22, s29
Welfare Act 1972	s19, s6, s8, s17
Social Welfare Act 1974	s5
Social Welfare Act 1976	s5, s6, s16, s17, s19
Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act 1966	s17, s18, s19, s21
Provisions) Act 1963	s11
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1969	s9
Welfare Allowances) Act 1975	s16, s17
1933	s9, s10
Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1964	s2
School Attendance Act 1926	s4

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court †	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index
Smith v Dimes	[1849] EngR 699; (1849) 4 Exch 32; 154 ER 1113; 38 LJEx 8; 19 LT 491	Court of Exchequer	United Kingdom	circa 1849	CommonLII	67
Craig v Boren	429 US 190; 50 L Ed 2d 397; 97 SCt 451	United States Supreme Court	United States	20 Dec 1976	WorldLII	372
Stanton v Stanton	421 US 7; 43 L Ed 2d 688; 95 SCt 1373	United States Supreme Court	United States	15 Apr 1975	WorldLII	66
40 f 14	40 F 14			circa 1975		1
15 f 18	15 F 18			circa 1975		1
E Peden and J W Carter, Flarnedy v National Greyhound Racing Co Ltd	[1944] IR 160			circa 1944		2
16 f 19	16 F 19			circa 1944		1
In The Goods of Augustus Stanley Scott	[1903] UKLawRpPro 29; [1903] P 243		United Kingdom	3 Aug 1903	CommonLII	5
18 f 12	18 F 12			circa 1903		1
In The Goods of Hiscock	[1900] UKLawRpPro 40; [1901] P 78		United Kingdom	3 Dec 1900	CommonLII	5
18 f 20	18 F 20			circa 1903		1
Keays v Great Southern Railway Co	[1941] IR 534			circa 1941		4
Louisiana State Lottery Co v Clark, EDLa	(1883) 16 F 20			circa 1883		2
35 f 15	35 F 15			circa 1903		1
Nottingham Permanent Benefit Building Society v Thurstan	[1902] UKLawRpAC 47; [1903] AC 6; [1900-3] All ER 830		United Kingdom	13 Nov 1902	CommonLII	14
15 f 21	15 F 21			circa 1903		1
Power v Fleming	[1870] IR 4			circa 1870		13
16 f 18	16 F 18			circa 1903		1
Pugh v Pugh	[1951] P 482			circa 1951		8
18 f 18	18 F 18			circa 1903		1
R v Senior	[1898] UKLawRpKQB 205; [1899] 1 QB 283		United Kingdom	16 Dec 1898	CommonLII	39
23 f 15	23 F 15			circa 1903		1
Re Coleman	[1920] 2 IR 332			circa 1920		3
Contra O'Brien v McNamee	[1953] IR 86			circa 1953		2
15 f 16	15 F 16			circa 1903		1
20 f 18	20 F 18			circa 1903		1
14 f 19	14 F 19			circa 1903		1
Social Welfare (No	2 Act 1976		United Kingdom	circa 1976		16
35 f 16	35 F 16			circa 1903		1
16 f 21	16 F 21			circa 1903		1

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