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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 (as amended by the Supplements effective 27 March 2025 and 23 May 2025) in relation to the Acts, provisions of Acts and functions specified in this Supplement, from the Effective date of this Supplement:
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:
- Section 3B and Part 2A (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Youth Justice)
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 –
- The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Government Services
Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021
Charities Act 1978
Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006
Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 – Except:
- Chapters 3 and 4 (these Chapters are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Children)
- Chapter 5 (except Division 2 of Part 5.2 and sections 359, 359A and 415) (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Youth Justice)
- Sections 359, 359A and 415 (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Victims and the Minister for Youth Justice)
- Part 6.2 (this Part is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Youth Justice)
(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Children and the Minister for Youth Justice)
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:
- Section 134 (this section is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Community Safety)
Constitution Act 1975 –
- Part III
- Division 1 of Part IIIAA (this Division is jointly administered with the Premier)
- Divisions 3 to 6 of Part IIIAA
- Part IIIA
- Section 88 in so far as it relates to the appointment of Crown Counsel and Crown Counsel (Advisings)
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Government Services, the Premier and the Treasurer)
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:
- Sections 38C-38E (except section 38C(8)), 38ZW, 42, 46 and 74 (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Victims)
- 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 Minister for Disability and the Minister for Mental Health)
- Part 5A (except section 38ZJ(2) and (5)) (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Disability, the Minister for Mental Health and the Minister for Youth Justice)
- Part 7C (except section 73R(1) to (5)) (these provisions are jointly administered with the Minister for Mental Health)
Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012
Criminal Procedure Act 2009
Crown Proceedings Act 1958
Defamation Act 2005
Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 –
- Part 5
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Consumer Affairs)
Domicile Act 1978
Electoral Act 2002 –
- Part 8
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Premier)
Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000
Equal Opportunity Act 2010
Evidence Act 2008
Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958
Family Violence Protection Act 2008 – Except:
- Parts 5A, 5B and 11, Division 1A of Part 13, sections 210A and 210B (these provisions are administered by the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence)
(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence)
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:
In so far as it relates to the functions of the Registrar-General and the management of the Office of the Registrar-General (in so far as it relates to those matters, the Act is administered by the Minister for Planning)
Integrity Oversight Victoria Act 2011
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 – Except:
- Sections 38M to 38P (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Finance)
- Section 65 in so far as it relates to the prescription of a matter for the purposes of sections 38M to 38P (in so far as it relates to those matters, this section is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Finance)
Judgment Debt Recovery Act 1984
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 –
- 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 land described as Crown Allotment 22D of Section 30, Parish of Melbourne North being the site of the Victorian County Court
- In so far as it relates to the land described as Crown Allotment 16 of Section 5, Elwood, Parish of Prahran being the site of the former Elwood Police Station:
- Except Division 6 of Part I, Subdivision 3 of Division 9 of Part I, section 209 and the remainder of the Act where it relates to the sale and alienation of Crown Lands as set out in Administrative Arrangements Order No. 58 (these provisions are administered by the Minister for Finance)
- Except sections 201, 201A and 399]
- Sections 22C-22E
- Sections 201, 201A and 399 in so far as they relate to the land described as Crown Allotment 16 of Section 5, Elwood, Parish of Prahran being the site of the former Elwood Police Station (in so far as they relate to that land, these provisions are jointly administered with the Minister for Finance)
(The Act is otherwise administered by 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 Health Infrastructure, the Minister for Ports and Freight and the Minister for Roads and Road Safety)
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 –
- Division 4 of Part 7
- Division 11 of Part 8
- Sections 314 to 317, 325 and 327 in so far as these sections relate to the Chief Municipal Inspector (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Local Government)
- Sections 325, 326 and 327 in so far as these sections relate to VCAT’s jurisdiction under Division 11 of Part 8 (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Local Government)
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Local Government and the Minister for Roads and Road Safety)
Magistrates’ Court Act 1989
Maintenance Act 1965
Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 – Except:
- Part 3 (this Part is jointly administered with the Minister for Police)
Marriage Act 1958
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 –
- The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Victims
National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016
Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018
Ombudsman Act 1973 – Except:
- Sections 3 – 6 (these sections are administered by the Premier)
Open Courts Act 2013
Parliamentary Committees Act 2003 –
- Sections 7, 7A and 52 (in so far as these sections relate to public interest disclosures about conduct by or in Integrity Oversight Victoria, these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Premier)
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:
In so far as it relates to the functions of the Registrar-General and the management of the Office of the Registrar-General (in so far as it relates to those matters, the Act is administered by the Minister for Planning)
Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012
Public Interest Monitor Act 2011
Public Notaries Act 2001
Public Prosecutions Act 1994
Relationships Act 2008 –
- The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Equality
Religious and Successory Trusts Act 1958
Residential Tenancies Act 1997 –
- Part 11 (except section 447(1) and section 480)
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Consumer Affairs, the Minister for Disability and the Minister for Housing and Building)
Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind and other Agencies (Merger) Act 2005
Sentencing Act 1991 – Except:
- Division 1C of Part 3 and section 89F (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Victims)
- Subdivision 4 of Division 2 of Part 3 (this Subdivision is jointly administered with the Minister for Youth Justice)
- Divisions 3 to 6 of Part 3A (these Divisions are jointly administered with the Minister for Corrections)
- Division 2 of Part 3BA (this Division is jointly administered with the Minister for Disability)
Settled Land Act 1958
Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act 2010 –
- Sections 9-11 and 14-22
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Health)
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:
- Part 4 (this Part is administered by the Minister for Police)
- Part 4A, except Division 5 of Part 4A (these provisions are administered jointly and severally with the Minister for Police)
Transfer of Land Act 1958 – Except:
- In so far as it relates to the functions of the Registrar of Titles and the management of the Office of Titles (in so far as it relates to those matters, the Act is administered by the Minister for Planning)
Trustee Act 1958
Trustee Companies Act 1984 –
- The Act is jointly administered with the Treasurer
Unauthorized Documents Act 1958
Valuation of Land Act 1960 –
- Divisions 1 and 2 of Part III, Divisions 4 and 5 of Part III where they relate to the determination of appeals by a Land Valuation Division of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and Part IV in so far as Part IV relates to the administration of the preceding provisions
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Planning)
Vexatious Proceedings Act 2014
Victims’ Charter Act 2006 –
- Section 21
- The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Victims
- The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Victims
- Sections 5-16
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Victims)
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 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
Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 –
Division 1 of Part 6- Parts 1.1 and 1.2 of Chapter 1, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7 (except sections 212-220), Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Part 10.5 of Chapter 10, Chapter 17, Part 18.7 of Chapter 18, Chapter 19, Chapter 21, Chapter 22 and Chapter 23 (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Youth Justice)
- Sections 212-220 and Part 18.8 of Chapter 18 (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Victims and the Minister for Youth Justice)
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Finance and the Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC)
Wrongs Act 1958
Youth Justice Act 2024 –
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Victims and the Minister for Youth Justice)
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, 359A and 415) (these provisions are jointly and severally administered by the Attorney-General and the Minister for Youth Justice)
- Sections 359, 359A and 415 (these sections are jointly and severally administered by the Attorney-General, the Minister for Victims 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[1] –
- Chapter 1 (except section 1.1.3(1)) (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Education and the Minister for Skills and TAFE)
- Section 1.1.3(1) (this section is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, 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) and (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 5.2 (except sections 5.2.1(2)(d)(ii), 5.2.1(2)(d)(iv) and 5.2.1(2)(f)) (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Education and the Minister for Skills and TAFE)
- 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 and Jobs)
- (The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, the Minister for Education and the Minister for Skills and TAFE)
MacKillop Family Services Act 1998
Pre-school Teachers and Assistants (Leave) Act 1984
Social Services Regulation Act 2021 –
- The Act is jointly and severally administered with 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)
Worker Screening Act 2020 –
- The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Government Services
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 –
- The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Attorney-General
Financial Management Act 1994 –
- Part 7A
- Section 54O (this section is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Finance)
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Finance and the Treasurer)
Land Act 1958 –
- Subdivisions 1 and 2 of Division 9 of Part 1, in so far as they relate to the exercise of powers in respect of the land described as Crown Allotment 13A of Section 92 at North Melbourne in the Parish of Jika Jika, being the site of the Public Record Office of Victoria
(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 Health, the Minister for Health Infrastructure, the Minister for Ports and Freight and the Minister for Roads and Road Safety)
Public Records Act 1973 – Except:
- In so far as the Act relates to public records in the possession of, transferred from or to be transferred from the Cabinet Office (in so far as the Act relates to those matters, the Act is administered by the Premier)
Service Victoria Act 2018
State Owned Enterprises Act 1992 –
- Division 2 of Part 2 in so far as it relates to the CenITex
(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Environment, the Minister for Multicultural Affairs, the Minister for Water and the Treasurer)
Victorian Data Sharing Act 2017
Worker Screening Act 2020 –
- The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Children
Effective date: 1 September 2025
Hon Jacinta Allan MP
Premier of Victoria
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