Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1977-2002 (Creation)
Level of description
Ffeil / File
Extent and medium
1 small box (0.009 m³)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Material relating to law and legislation and the police as they apply to the work of Welsh Women's Aid. Includes material relating to the Family Law Bill of 1995 and subsequent Family Law Act of 1996, and also to the ill-fated Family Homes and Domestic Violence Bill of 1995. Welsh Women's Aid's response to the Family Law Bill 1995 forms part of the Police and Legal Group mailings (kept in separate envelope). Press cuttings, of which there are a significant number, kept in separate folder; printed booklets and leaflets kept in separate envelope.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Dated material arranged chronologically as far as possible. Undated material kept separately in envelope.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
The Family Law Act of 1996 was intended to denote a shift towards 'no-fault' divorce as opposed to the fault-based approach of the 1973 Matrimonial Causes Act. The main part of the 1996 Act, which related to divorce, was not proceeded with after pilot schemes found it did not work efficiently.
The Family Homes and Domestic Violence Bill of 1995 proposed to introduce non-molestation orders and occupation orders whose aim was to provide protection for one or more family members against the violence or abuse of another and to regulate the occupation of the family home in the event of relationship breakdown. The Bill was eventually unsuccessful due to opposition from a Conservative minority concerned at the Bill's undermining of what they regarded as traditional family values.
Note
Some Welsh.