Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsNo. 53 of 1996
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1 July 2024
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No. 53 of 1996
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 July 2024
Endnotes
1 General information
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Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 30 May 1996
Legislative Council: 8 October 1996
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to provide for the licensing and regulation of children's services, to repeal Part XIA of the Health Act 1958 and to make consequential amendments to other Acts."
The Children's Services Act 1996 was assented to on 3 December 1996 and came into operation as follows:
Sections 1 and 2 on 3 December 1996: section 2(1); rest of Act on 1 June 1998: Government Gazette 28 May 1998 page 1189.
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other
material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.
See
section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Children's Services Act 1996 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Children's Services Act 1996, No. 53/1996
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Assent Date: |
3.12.96 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 210(5) inserted on 17.5.20 by No. 37/2019 s. 16: Special Gazette (No. 232) 12.5.20 p. 1 |
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Note: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Disability Services and Other Acts (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 72/1997
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Assent Date: |
25.11.97 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998
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Assent Date: |
26.5.98 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2000, No. 74/2000
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Assent Date: |
21.11.00 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 19) on 3.12.96: s. 2(2)(d) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
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Assent Date: |
21.12.04 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 30) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2005, No. 10/2005
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Assent Date: |
27.4.05 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Education and Training Reform Act 2006, No. 24/2006
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Assent Date: |
16.5.06 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 6.1.2(Sch. 7 item 6) on 1.7.07: Government Gazette 28.6.07 p. 1304 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Children, Youth and Families (Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2006, No. 48/2006
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Assent Date: |
15.8.06 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 42(Sch. item 6) on 23.4.07: s. 2(3) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Education and Training Reform Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2007, No. 58/2007
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Assent Date: |
27.11.07 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Children's Services and Education Legislation Amendment (Anaphylaxis Management) Act 2008, No. 3/2008
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Assent Date: |
4.3.08 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Children's Legislation Amendment Act 2008, No. 22/2008
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Assent Date: |
3.6.08 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 6, 7(2), 9(1)–(4), 11(1)(2), 12(1)(2), 13(1), 16, 17, 20(2)(3), 27, 29(6), 30 on 4.6.08: s. 2(1); ss 3–5, 7(1), 8, 9(5)(6), 10, 11(3), 12(3), 13(2), 14, 15, 18, 19, 20(1), 21–26, 28, 29(1)–(5), 31–40 on 25.5.09: s. 2(3) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, No. 68/2009
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Assent Date: |
24.11.09 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 97(Sch. item 19) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 10.12.09 p. 3215 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Statute Law Amendment (National Health Practitioner Regulation) Act 2010, No. 13/2010
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Assent Date: |
30.3.10 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 51(Sch. item 13) on 1.7.10: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2011, No. 29/2011
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Assent Date: |
21.6.11 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 10.3) on 25.5.09: s. 2(2)(a); s. 3(Sch. 1 items 10.1, 10.2) on 22.6.11: s. 2(1) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Children's Services Amendment Act 2011, No. 80/2011
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Assent Date: |
21.12.11 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014
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Assent Date: |
3.6.14 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 10(Sch. item 17) on 1.7.14: Special Gazette (No. 200) 24.6.14 p. 2 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Education and Care Services National Law Amendment Act 2017, No. 9/2017
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Assent Date: |
27.3.17 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018
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Assent Date: |
27.2.18 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 68(Sch. 2 item 21) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Disability (National Disability Insurance Scheme Transition) Amendment Act 2019, No. 19/2019
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Assent Date: |
25.6.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 253 on 1.7.19: Special Gazette (No. 254) 25.6.19 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Children's Services Amendment Act 2019, No. 37/2019
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Assent Date: |
6.11.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Worker Screening Act 2020, No. 34/2020
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4.11.20 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 177–179 on 1.2.21: Special Gazette (No. 647) 8.12.20 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2022, No. 13/2022
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Assent Date: |
29.3.22 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Early Childhood Legislation Amendment Act 2022, No. 43/2022
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Assent Date: |
27.9.22 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 7–10 on 1.1.23: s. 2(2); ss 39–44, 51 on 1.7.23: Special Gazette (No. 253) 23.5.23 p. 1; ss 45–50 on 1.10.23: s. 2(4) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Children and Health Legislation Amendment (Statement of Recognition, Aboriginal Self-determination and Other Matters) Act 2023, No. 17/2023
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Assent Date: |
27.6.23 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
Early Childhood Legislation Amendment (Premises Approval in Principle) Act 2023, No. 33/2023
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Assent Date: |
21.11.23 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Children's Services Act 1996 |
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3 Explanatory details
No entries at date of publication.