Supplement to the General Order effective 10 October 2023

Supplementary changes effective 10 October 2023 to the General Order of 2 October 2022. This supplement is effective on 31 January 2023. Download a copy or read the full supplement below.

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I, the Hon Jacinta Allan MP, Premier of Victoria, state that the following administrative arrangements for responsibility for the following Acts of Parliament, provisions of Acts and functions will operate in substitution of the arrangements specified in the Administration of Acts General Order of 2 October 2023 in relation to the Acts, provisions of Acts and functions specified in this Supplement, from the Effective date of this Supplement:

Minister for Ageing

Social Services Regulation Act 2021 –

• The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Carers and Volunteers, the Minister for Children and the Minister for Disability

Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010

• The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Disability

Minister for Children

Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 – Except:

• Parts 4, 5, 6A, 7A and 8 (these Parts are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Education and the Minister for Health)
• Sections 43 and 45 (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Education and the Minister for Health)
• Part 7 (except sections 43 and 45) (this Part is administered by the Minister for Health)

(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Health)

Children’s Services Act 1996

Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 – Except:

• Chapters 3 and 4 (these Chapters are jointly and severally administered with the Attorney-General)
• Chapter 5 (except Division 2 of Part 5.2 and sections 359 and 359A) (these provisions are jointly and severally administered by the Attorney-General and the Minister for Youth Justice)
• Sections 359 and 359A (these sections are jointly and severally administered by the Attorney-General, the Minister for Victim Support and the Minister for Youth Justice)
• Part 6.2 (this Part is jointly and severally administered by the Attorney-General and the Minister for Youth Justice)

(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Attorney-General and the Minister for Youth Justice)

Commission for Children and Young People Act 2012 –

• Part 4

(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Youth Justice)

Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010

Education and Care Services National Law (Victoria)

Education and Training Reform Act 2006 Footnote1 –

• Section 1.1.3(1) (this section is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Economic Growth, the Minister for Education and the Minister for Skills and TAFE)
• Section 2.5.3(2)(ab), (ib), (ic), (p)(ii) and (tb), section 2.5.3(5), section 2.6.3(1)(ca), (d)(ii), (ea), (fa), (g), (i), (j), (m) and (2), section 2.6.13A, section 2.6.17, section 2.6.20, section 2.6.23, section 2.6.56A, section 2.6.56B, section 2.6.58(1B), (1BA)(c) and (1C), Division 3A of Part 2.6, Division 7A of Part 2.6, Division 8 of Part 2.6, Division 8A of Part 2.6, Division 9 of Part 2.6, Division 9A of Part 2.6, Division 13A of Part 2.6, Division 13B of Part 2.6, Division 15A of Part 2.6, section 6.1.35, section 6.1.36, section 6.1.37, section 6.1.38 and Schedule 5, clause 5 (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Education)
• Part 5.10 (this Part is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Education, the Minister for Skills and TAFE and, in so far as this Part relates to international education, with the Minister for Economic Growth)

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Economic Growth, the Minister for Education and the Minister for Skills and TAFE)

MacKillop Family Services Act 1998

Social Services Regulation Act 2021 –

• The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Ageing, the Minister for Carers and Volunteers and the Minister for Disability

State Trustees (State Owned Company) Act 1994 –

• Part 4 (this Part is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Disability)

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Treasurer)

Pre-school Teachers and Assistants (Leave) Act 1984

Minister for Disability

Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 –

• Sections 48-55, 57A, 57B (except section 57B(3) and (3C)), 58, 58A (except section 58A(3) and (3C)) and 60-63(1), Division 3 of Part 7 and Part 7A (except section 73H(1) to (1D)) (these provisions are jointly administered with the Attorney-General and the Minister for Mental Health)
• Part 5A (except section 38ZJ(2) and (5)) (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Attorney-General, the Minister for Mental Health and the Minister for Youth Justice)

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Attorney-General, the Minister for Mental Health and the Minister for Victim Support)

Disability Act 2006

Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018

Human Services (Complex Needs) Act 2009

Residential Tenancies Act 1997 –

• Part 12A and section 511 (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Consumer Affairs and the Minister for Housing)
• Part 16 (this Part is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Consumer Affairs and the Minister for Housing)

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Attorney-General, the Minister for Consumer Affairs, the Minister for Housing and the Minister for Planning)

Sentencing Act 1991 –

• Division 2 of Part 3BA (this Division is jointly administered with the Attorney-General)

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Attorney-General, the Minister for Corrections, the Minister for Victim Support and the Minister for Youth Justice)

Social Services Regulation Act 2021 –

• The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Ageing, the Minister for Carers and Volunteers and the Minister for Children

State Concessions Act 2004

State Trustees (State Owned Company) Act 1994 –

• Part 4 (this Part is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Children)

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Treasurer)

Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010

• The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Ageing

Minister for Health

Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 –

• The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Women

Anglican Welfare Agency Act 1997

Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008

Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 – Except:

• Parts 4, 5, 6A, 7A and 8 (these Parts are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Children and the Minister for Education)
• Sections 43 and 45 (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Children and the Minister for Education)

(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Children)

Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003

Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 –

• Sections 17B, 17BAA, 17BA, 17CA, 17CC, 17D, 17DAA, 17DA, 18A and 18B in so far as they relate to the exercise of powers in relation to the land described as Crown Allotment 3 Section 13A at Parkville Parish of Jika Jika
• Part 3 (except sections 17AB, 17C and 18) in so far as it relates to the land shown as:
• Crown Allotment 1, Section 54D at Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst
• Crown Allotment 7, Section 83C at Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst
• Crown Allotment 2105 at Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst
• Crown Allotments 2120 and 2121 at Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst on Certified Plan OP123343 lodged with the Central Plan Office

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Assistant Treasurer, the Minister for Corrections, the Minister for Environment, the Minister for Planning, the Minister for Ports and Freight, the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events and the Premier)

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 – Except:

• Parts IVA and IVB (these Parts are administered by the Minister for Agriculture)
• Parts I, VII, IX, XII and Schedule Twelve (these provisions are jointly administered with the Minister for Mental Health)
• Parts IIA, IV, V, VA, VI, Schedule Ten and Schedule Eleven (these provisions are administered by the Minister for Mental Health)
• Part XI (this Part is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Agriculture and the Minister for Mental Health)

Epworth Foundation Act 1980

Food Act 1984 – Except:

• Section 63 in so far as it relates to the making of regulations related to primary production and processing standards, this provision is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Agriculture

Gene Technology Act 2001

Health (Commonwealth State Funding Arrangements) Act 2012

Health Complaints Act 2016

Health (Fluoridation) Act 1973

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Act 2009

Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1999

Health Records Act 2001

Health Services Act 1988 – Except:

• Sections 42, 58(1)(a) to (e), 59, 66, 66A, 141(3)(h), 143, 144, 145, 146 and 157 in so far as those provisions relate to people in Victoria who, for the purpose of eliminating or reducing the serious risk to public health posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, are detained in or directed to remain in, or are staying in, quarantine, isolation or emergency accommodation at a place (being a hotel or other facility or class of facility), designated by the Minister for Police and published in the Government Gazette (in so far as they relate to those matters, these provisions are administered by the Minister for Police)
• Sections 11A, Division 8A of Part 3, sections 65XB(1)(h), 69E, 134X and 134Y in so far as those provisions relate to people in Victoria who, for the purpose of eliminating or reducing the serious risk to public health posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, are detained in or directed to remain in, or are staying in, quarantine, isolation or emergency accommodation at a place (being a hotel or other facility or class of facility), designated by the Minister for Police and published in the Government Gazette (in so far as they relate to those matters, these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Police)

(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Health Infrastructure)

Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine (Repeal) Act 2007

Human Tissue Act 1982

Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014 –

• Section 18

(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Medical Research)

Land Act 1958 –

• In so far as it relates to the exercise of powers relating to leases and licences under Subdivisions 1 and 2 of Division 9 of Part I in respect of:
• the land described as Crown Allotment 60 A1 in the Parish of Traralgon and contained in Crown Lease Volume 1212 Folio 519
• the land described as Crown Allotment 2064 in the Parish of Mildura, being the land on which the Mildura Hospital is located
• the land described as Crown Allotment 2633 in the Parish of Jika Jika shown on the plan numbered OP123398 lodged in the Central Plan Office, being the site of the new Royal Children’s Hospital

(in so far as it relates to those matters, the Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Health Infrastructure)

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Assistant Treasurer, the Attorney-General, the Minister for Corrections, the Minister for Creative Industries, the Minister for Environment, the Minister for Government Services, the Minister for Health Infrastructure, the Minister for Ports and Freight and the Minister for Roads and Road Safety)

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation Act 2017

Medical Research Institutes Repeal Act 2008

Medical Treatment Planning and Decision Act 2016

Non-Emergency Patient Transport and First Aid Services Act 2003

Pharmacy Regulation Act 2010

Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2008

Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 – Except:

• Sections 3 to 11, 15, 17 to 19, 20(2), 20(3), 20(6), 20A, 21 to 23, 28, 30, 31, Division 4 of Part 5, Divisions 1 and 2 of Part 8, Divisions 1 and 5 of Part 8A, Division 6 of Part 8A (except sections 165BI, 165BJ and 165BM), Division 6A of Part 8A, sections 165BR, 165BS, 165CN, 165CO, 165CU, Parts 9 and 10 (except section 198 and sections 200A, 200B and 200C), section 208 and Divisions 2, 3, 4, 4A, 5 and 6 of Part 11 (except sections 233, 235, 236 and 237) and Part 14 in so far as those provisions relate to:

• people in Victoria who, for the purpose of eliminating or reducing the serious risk to public health posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, are detained in or directed to remain in, or are staying in, quarantine, isolation or emergency accommodation at a place (being a hotel or other facility or class of facility), designated by the Minister for Police and published in the Government Gazette (quarantine place); or
• the exercise of powers in relation to the detention of people at a place (being a hotel or other facility or class of facility), designated by the Minister for Police and published in the Government Gazette, for the purpose of eliminating or reducing the serious risk to public health posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, who are:

• people who are arriving, or have arrived, in Victoria from overseas at:

• Melbourne International Airport;
• Avalon Airport;
• Essendon Fields Airport;
• any other international airport in Victoria;
• an international port in Victoria or the coastal waters of Victoria; or
• another place that is designated by the Minister for Police and published in the Government Gazette; or

• people who are in Victoria and who are unable to self-isolate or self-quarantine at their ordinary place of residence or other suitable premises; or

• the transportation by or on behalf of the Department of Justice and Community Safety of people in Victoria who are to be detained in or have been detained in a quarantine place; or
• the exercise of powers in relation to people who are arriving, or have arrived, in Victoria from overseas (excluding maritime passengers in accordance with the arrangements for cruise ships and maritime vessels as determined by the Commonwealth Government) at:

• Melbourne International Airport;
• Avalon Airport;
• Essendon Fields Airport;
• any other international airport in Victoria;
• an international port in Victoria or the coastal waters of Victoria; or
• another place that is designated by the Minister for Police and published in the Government Gazette

for the purpose of eliminating or reducing the serious risk to public health posed by the COVID- 19 pandemic, if those people are or may be detained or directed or ordered to quarantine or isolate at their ordinary place of residence or other suitable premises or if those people are or may be directed or ordered to comply with other post-arrival conditions or restrictions (in so far as they relate to those matters, these provisions are administered by the Minister for Police)

Radiation Act 2005

Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2008

Royal Melbourne Hospital (Redevelopment) Act 1992 – Except:

• Section 7 (this section is administered by the Minister for Education)

(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Health Infrastructure)

Safe Drinking Water Act 2003

Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Act 2015

Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act 2010 – Except:

• Sections 9-11 and 14-22 (these sections are administered by the Attorney-General)

Therapeutic Goods (Victoria) Act 2010

Tobacco Act 1987

Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017

Effective date: 10 October 2023

Hon Jacinta Allan MP Premier of Victoria

Footnotes

Footnote 1 Where the provisions, powers and functions of this Act relate to international education, the Minister’s responsibilities under this Act are to be read subject to and together with the responsibilities of the Minister for Economic Growth, the Minister for Education and the Minister for Skills and TAFE

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