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Supplement to the General Order effective 27 March 2025

Supplementary changes effective 27 March 2025 to the general order of 19 December 2024. This supplement is effective on 27 March 2025. 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 19 December 2024 in relation to the Acts, provisions of Acts and functions specified in this Supplement, from the Effective date of this Supplement:

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Acts Enumeration and Revision Act 1958

Administration and Probate Act 1958

Administrative Law Act 1978

Adoption Act 1984

Age of Majority Act 1977

Appeal Costs Act 1998

Attorney-General and Solicitor-General Act 1972

Bail Act 1977 – Except:

Charities Act 1978

Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006

Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 – Except:

Choice of Law (Limitation Periods) Act 1993

Civil Procedure Act 2010

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995

Commercial Arbitration Act 2011

Commonwealth Places (Administration of Laws) Act 1970

Commonwealth Powers (De Facto Relationships) Act 2004

Commonwealth Powers (Family Law-Children) Act 1986

Confiscation Act 1997 – Except:

Constitution (Supreme Court) Act 1989

Constitutional Powers (Coastal Waters) Act 1980

Constitutional Powers (Request) Act 1980

Co-operative Schemes (Administrative Actions) Act 2001

Coroners Act 2008

Corporations (Administrative Actions) Act 2001

Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001

Corporations (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2001

Corporations (Victoria) Act 1990

Council of Law Reporting in Victoria Act 1967

County Court Act 1958

Court Security Act 1980

Court Services Victoria Act 2014

Courts (Case Transfer) Act 1991

Crimes Act 1958

Crimes at Sea Act 1999

Crimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2004

Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act 2004

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

Criminal Procedure Act 2009

Crown Proceedings Act 1958

Defamation Act 2005

Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 –

Domicile Act 1978

Electoral Act 2002 –

Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000

Equal Opportunity Act 2010

Evidence Act 2008

Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958

Family Violence Protection Act 2008 – Except:

Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Act 1999

Fences Act 1968

Fines Reform Act 2014

Foreign Judgments Act 1962

Fortification Removal Act 2013

Freedom of Information Act 1982

Guardianship and Administration Act 2019

Honorary Justices Act 2014

Human Source Management Act 2023

Imperial Acts Application Act 1980

Imprisonment of Fraudulent Debtors Act 1958

Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Act 2011

Infringements Act 2006

Instruments Act 1958 – Except:

Judicial College of Victoria Act 2001

Judicial Commission of Victoria Act 2016

Judicial Entitlements Act 2015

Judicial Proceedings Reports Act 1958

Juries Act 2000

Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987

Jury Directions Act 2015

Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986

Land Act 1958 –

Legal Aid Act 1978

Legal Identity of Defendants (Organisational Child Abuse) Act 2018

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014

Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria)

Leo Cussen Institute (Registration as a Company) Act 2011

Limitation of Actions Act 1958

Local Government Act 2020 –

Magistrates’ Court Act 1989

Maintenance Act 1965

Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 – Except:

Monitoring of Places of Detention by the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (OPCAT) Act 2022

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2018 –

Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018

Ombudsman Act 1973 – Except:

Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 –

Penalty Interest Rates Act 1983

Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1968

Personal Property Securities (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2009

Personal Property Securities (Statute Law Revision and Implementation) Act 2010

Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010

Police Informants Royal Commission Implementation Monitor Act 2021

Powers of Attorney Act 2014

Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014

Professional Standards Act 2003

Property Law Act 1958 – Except:

Public Interest Monitor Act 2011

Public Notaries Act 2001

Public Prosecutions Act 1994

Relationships Act 2008 –

Residential Tenancies Act 1997 –

Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind and other Agencies (Merger) Act 2005

Sentencing Act 1991 – Except:

Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act 2010 –

Sheriff Act 2009

Spent Convictions Act 2021

St Andrew’s Foundation Act 1997

State Civil Liability (Police Informants) Act 2024

Status of Children Act 1974

Summary Offences Act 1966

Supreme Court Act 1986

Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Telecommunications (Interception) (State Provisions) Act 1988

Terrorism (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2003

Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 – Except:

Trustee Companies Act 1984 –

Valuation of Land Act 1960 –

Vexatious Proceedings Act 2014

Victims’ Charter Act 2006 –

Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 –

Victims of Crime Commissioner Act 2015 –

Victoria Law Foundation Act 2009

Victoria Park Land Act 1992

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998

Victorian Inspectorate Act 2011

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Act 1985

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Act 2024

Victorian Law Reform Commission Act 2000

Vital State Projects Act 1976 –

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Premier)

Wills Act 1997

Worker Screening Act 2020 –

Wrongs Act 1958

Youth Justice Act 2024 –

Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010 -

Carers Recognition Act 2012

Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 – Except:

Children’s Services Act 1996

Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 – Except:

Commission for Children and Young People Act 2012 –

Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010

Education and Care Services National Law (Victoria)

Education and Training Reform Act 20061–

MacKillop Family Services Act 1998

Social Services Regulation Act 2021 –

Pre-school Teachers and Assistants (Leave) Act 1984


1Where 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 and Jobs, the Minister for Education and the Minister for Skills and TAFE

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

Disability Act 2006

Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018

Human Services (Complex Needs) Act 2009

Residential Tenancies Act 1997 –

Sentencing Act 1991 –

Social Services Regulation Act 2021 –

State Trustees (State Owned Company) Act 1994 –

Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010 -

Audit Act 1994 –

  1. Sections 10-13, 19, 22-28 and 57
  2. Sections 15, 78 and 84 (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Treasurer) (The Act is otherwise administered by the Treasurer)

Casino Control Act 1991 –

Coal Mines (Pensions) Act 1958

Constitution Act 1975 –

Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 –

Emergency Services Superannuation Act 1986

Essential Services Commission Act 2001

Financial Management Act 1994 –

Government Superannuation Act 1999

Housing Act 1983 –

Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 –

Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Act 1968 –

Petroleum Products Subsidy Act 1965

Police Regulation (Pensions) Act 1958 –

Port Management Act 1995 –

Project Development and Construction Management Act 1994 –

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Development Victoria and Precincts, the Minister for Planning and the Premier)

State Employees Retirement Benefits Act 1979

State Superannuation Act 1988

Superannuation (Portability) Act 1989

Transport Superannuation Act 1988

Unclaimed Money Act 2008

Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal and Improving Parliamentary Standards Act 2019 – Except:

Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 –

Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 –

Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008

Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 – Except:

Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003

Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 –

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 – Except:

Food Act 1984 – Except:

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:

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

Human Tissue Act 1982

Improving Cancer Outcomes Act 2014 –

Land Act 1958 –

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Attorney-General, the Minister for Corrections, the Minister for Creative Industries, the Minister for Environment, the Minister for Finance, 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:

Radiation Act 2005

Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2008

Royal Melbourne Hospital (Redevelopment) Act 1992 – Except:

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:

Tobacco Act 1987 – Except:

Health Services Act 1988 – Except:

Land Act 1958 –

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

Royal Melbourne Hospital (Redevelopment) Act 1992 – Except:

Architects Act 1991 –

Cladding Safety Victoria Act 2020 –

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

Architects Act 1991 –

Casino Control Act 1991 –

Cladding Safety Victoria Act 2020 –

Development Victoria Act 2003 –

Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2013

Electronic Conveyancing National Law (Victoria)

Environment Effects Act 1978

Geographic Place Names Act 1998

Heritage Act 2017

Instruments Act 1958 –

Local Government Act 1989 –

Melbourne Cricket Ground Act 2009 –

Melbourne and Olympic Parks Act 1985 –

Nudity (Prescribed Areas) Act 1983

Planning and Environment Act 1987 – Except:

Planning and Environment (Planning Schemes) Act 1996

Project Development and Construction Management Act 1994 –

Property Law Act 1958 –

Residential Tenancies Act 1997 –

South Yarra Project (Subdivision and Management) Act 1985

Subdivision Act 1988 – Except:

Surveying Act 2004

Transfer of Land Act 1958 –

Valuation of Land Act 1960 – Except:

Australian Crime Commission (State Provisions) Act 2003

Control of Weapons Act 1990

Crime Statistics Act 2014 –

Graffiti Prevention Act 2007

Health Services Act 1988 –

Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 –

Police Assistance Compensation Act 1968 –

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Health)

Private Security Act 2004

Road Safety Camera Commissioner Act 2011

Seamen’s Act 1958

Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004

Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 –

Unlawful Assemblies and Processions Act 1958

Victoria Police Act 2013

Witness Protection Act 1991

Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 –

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

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2018 -

Serious Offenders Act 2018 –

Youth Justice Act 2024 –

Bail Act 1977 –

Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 – Except:

Commission for Children and Young People Act 2012 – Except:

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

Sentencing Act 1991 –

Youth Justice Act 2024 – Except:

Administrative Arrangements Act 1983

Australia (Acts) Request Act 1985

Climate Change Act 2017 –

Commonwealth Arrangements Act 1958

Constitution Act 1975 – Except:

Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 –

Electoral Act 2002 – Except:

Essential Services Act 1958

Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor Act 2016

Inquiries Act 2014

Melbourne Cricket Ground Act 2009 –

Members of Parliament (Standards) Act 1978

Ombudsman Act 1973 –

Parliamentary Administration Act 2005

Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 – Except:

Project Development and Construction Management Act 1994 – Except:

Public Records Act 1973 –

Public Safety Preservation Act 1958

Public Sector (Union Fees) Act 1992

Senate Elections Act 1958

Statute Law Revision Acts

Subordinate Legislation Act 1994

Succession to the Crown (Request) Act 2013

Superannuation (Public Sector) Act 1992

Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal and Improving Parliamentary Standards Act 2019 –

Vital State Industries (Works and Services) Act 1992

Vital State Projects Act 1976 – Except:

Effective date: 27 March 2025

Hon Jacinta Allan MP

Premier of Victoria

General Order dated 19 December 2024

Allocation of responsibility for all Victorian Acts of Parliament effective 19 December 2024

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