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FOOD ACT 1984 - NOTES

Version No. 117

No. 10082 of 1984
Version incorporating amendments as at
6 March 2024

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Version No. 117

Food Act 1984

No. 10082 of 1984
Version incorporating amendments as at
6 March 2024

Endnotes

    1     General information

See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

The Food Act 1984 was assented to on 15 May 1984 and came into operation (except sections 31(b), 50(5)) on 1 January 1986: Government Gazette 6 November 1985 page 4213. Sections 31(b) and 50(5) were never proclaimed, repealed by No. 11/1995 section 3(2).

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 Food Act 1984 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

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Health (Amendment) Act 1985, No. 10262/1985

Assent Date:

10.12.85

Commencement Date:

S. 4(Sch.) on 1.3.86: Government Gazette 26.2.86 p. 451

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Courts Amendment Act 1986, No. 16/1986

Assent Date:

22.4.86

Commencement Date:

S. 30(Sch.) on 1.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Food (Amendment) Act 1986, No. 95/1986

Assent Date:

16.12.86

Commencement Date:

16.12.86

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Liquor Control Act 1987, No. 97/1987

Assent Date:

1.12.87

Commencement Date:

S. 179 on 3.5.88: Government Gazette 27.4.88 p. 1044

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1989, No. 12/1989 (as amended by No. 13/1990)

Assent Date:

9.5.89

Commencement Date:

S. 4(1)(Sch. 2 items 47.2, 47.7–47.9, 47.11) on 1.11.89: Government Gazette 1.11.89 p. 2798; Sch. 2 items 47.1, 47.3–47.6 on 3.6.92: Government Gazette 3.6.92 p. 1306; Sch. 2 item 47.10 on 1.10.92: Government Gazette 23.9.92 p. 2789

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989 (as amended by No. 34/1990)

Assent Date:

14.6.89

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. items 79.1–79.11) on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Food (Valuation) Act 1990, No. 26/1990

Assent Date:

5.6.90

Commencement Date:

5.6.90

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Interpretation of Legislation (Amendment) Act 1991, No. 6/1991

Assent Date:

16.4.91

Commencement Date:

16.4.91

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Food (Amendment) Act 1991, No. 36/1991

Assent Date:

18.6.91

Commencement Date:

19.8.91—same day as the National Food Authority Act 1991 of the Commonwealth—see Commonwealth Special Gazette (No. 219) of 8.8.91

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Dairy Industry Act 1992, No. 88/1992

Assent Date:

26.11.92

Commencement Date:

24.12.92: Special Gazette (No. 70) 24.12.92 p. 1

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Meat Industry Act 1993, No. 40/1993

Assent Date:

1.6.93

Commencement Date:

S. 82, Sch. 2 item 4.1 on 30.6.93: Government Gazette 24.6.93 p. 1596

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Health and Community Services (General Amendment) Act 1993, No. 42/1993

Assent Date:

1.6.93

Commencement Date:

S. 64 on 1.10.93: Government Gazette 16.9.93 p. 2548

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1993, No. 125/1993

Assent Date:

7.12.93

Commencement Date:

S. 20(5) on 7.12.93: s. 2(4)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Food (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 13/1994

Assent Date:

3.5.94

Commencement Date:

3.5.94

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Medical Practice Act 1994, No. 23/1994

Assent Date:

17.5.94

Commencement Date:

S. 118(Sch. 1 item 21) on 1.7.94: Government Gazette 23.6.94 p. 1672

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Therapeutic Goods (Victoria) Act 1994, No. 79/1994

Assent Date:

22.11.94

Commencement Date:

S. 74 on 22.5.95: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Statute Law Revision Act 1995, No. 11/1995

Assent Date:

26.4.95

Commencement Date:

26.4.95: s. 2

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Food (Amendment) Act 1995, No. 20/1995

Assent Date:

16.5.95

Commencement Date:

16.5.95

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996

Assent Date:

6.11.96

Commencement Date:

S. 453(Sch. 1 item 33) on 1.1.97: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Commonwealth Powers (Industrial Relations) Act 1996, No. 59/1996

Assent Date:

12.12.96

Commencement Date:

S. 10(Sch. 2 item 7) on 1.1.97: Special Gazette (No. 146) 23.12.96 p. 15

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Food (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 98/1997

Assent Date:

16.12.97

Commencement Date:

Ss 38, 1118 on 16.12.97: s. 2(1); ss 9, 10 on 8.2.98: Government Gazette 5.2.98 p. 282; ss 32, 33 on 1.1.99: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Water Acts (Further Amendment) Act 1997, No. 110/1997

Assent Date:

23.12.97

Commencement Date:

S. 41 on 1.1.98: Government Gazette 24.12.97 p. 3783

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998

Assent Date:

26.5.98

Commencement Date:

S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Statute Law Revision Act 2000, No. 74/2000

Assent Date:

21.11.00

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. 1 item 51) on 22.11.00: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Food (Amendment) Act 2001, No. 14/2001 (as amended by 44/2001)

Assent Date:

22.5.01

Commencement Date:

Ss 1, 2 on 23.5.01: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.1.02: s. 2(3)

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001

Assent Date:

27.6.01

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. item 47) on 15.7.01: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Wrongs and Other Acts (Public Liability Insurance Reform) Act 2002, No. 49/2002

Assent Date:

22.10.02

Commencement Date:

S. 13 on 23.10.02: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Seafood Safety Act 2003, No. 24/2003

Assent Date:

13.5.03

Commencement Date:

S. 91 on 1.7.03: Government Gazette 26.6.03 p. 1548; s. 92 on 1.1.04: Government Gazette 13.11.03 p. 2840

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Safe Drinking Water Act 2003, No. 46/2003

Assent Date:

11.6.03

Commencement Date:

S. 58 on 1.7.04: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004

Assent Date:

21.12.04

Commencement Date:

S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 81) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Statute Law Revision Act 2005, No. 10/2005

Assent Date:

27.4.05

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. 1 item 8) on 28.4.05: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Health Professions Registration Act 2005, No. 97/2005

Assent Date:

7.12.05

Commencement Date:

S. 182(Sch. 4 item 21) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Public Sector Acts (Further Workplace Protection and Other Matters) Act 2006, No. 80/2006

Assent Date:

10.10.06

Commencement Date:

S. 26(Sch. item 42) on 11.10.06: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008, No. 46/2008 (as amended by No. 29/2011)

Assent Date:

2.9.08

Commencement Date:

Ss 254, 255 on 1.1.09: Special Gazette (No. 365) 12.12.08 p. 1; ss 251–253, 256–261 on 1.1.10: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Food Amendment (Regulation Reform) Act 2009, No. 42/2009 (as amended by No. 69/2009)

Assent Date:

5.8.09

Commencement Date:

Ss 333 on 1.7.10: s. 2(5); ss 3442 on 1.3.11: s. 2(6); ss 4357 on 1.7.11: s. 2(7)

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, No. 68/2009

Assent Date:

24.11.09.

Commencement Date:

S. 97(Sch. item 59) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 10.12.09 p. 3215

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009

Assent Date:

24.11.09.

Commencement Date:

S. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 24) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Statute Law Amendment (National Health Practitioner Regulation) Act 2010, No. 13/2010

Assent Date:

30.3.10

Commencement Date:

S. 51(Sch. item 24) on 1.7.10: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Health and Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2010, No. 29/2010

Assent Date:

8.6.10

Commencement Date:

S. 56 on 1.7.10: Special Gazette (No. 235) 23.6.10 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Statute Law Revision Act 2011, No. 29/2011

Assent Date:

21.6.11

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. 1 item 40) on 22.6.11: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation Act 2011, No. 58/2011

Assent Date:

2.11.11

Commencement Date:

S. 104(Sch. item 2) on 6.2.12: Special Gazette (No. 423) 21.12.11 p. 4

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Statute Law Revision Act 2012, No. 43/2012

Assent Date:

27.6.12

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. item 19) on 28.6.12: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Primary Industries and Food Legislation Amendment Act 2012, No. 60/2012

Assent Date:

23.10.12

Commencement Date:

Ss 4770, 72(3)–(6) on 24.10.12: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Statute Law Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2013, No. 13/2013

Assent Date:

13.3.13

Commencement Date:

Ss 2225 on 14.3.13: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014

Assent Date:

3.6.14

Commencement Date:

S. 10(Sch. item 66) on 1.7.14: Special Gazette (No. 200) 24.6.14 p. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, No. 60/2014

Assent Date:

2.9.14

Commencement Date:

S. 140(Sch. 3 item 19) on 17.9.14: Special Gazette (No. 317) 16.9.14 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2015, No. 20/2015

Assent Date:

16.6.15

Commencement Date:

S. 56(Sch. 1 item 6) on 17.6.15: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Food Amendment (Kilojoule Labelling Scheme and Other Matters) Act 2017, No. 2/2017

Assent Date:

14.2.17

Commencement Date:

Ss 1316 on 15.2.17: s. 2(1); ss 412 on 1.5.18: Special Gazette (No. 111) 4.4.17 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Freedom of Information Amendment (Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner) Act 2017, No. 20/2017

Assent Date:

16.5.17

Commencement Date:

S. 134(Sch. 1 item 9) on 1.9.17: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Local Government Act 2020, No. 9/2020

Assent Date:

24.3.20

Commencement Date:

S. 390(Sch. 1 item 43.1) on 6.4.20: Special Gazette (No. 150) 24.3.20 p. 1; s. 390(Sch. 1 item 43.2) on 24.10.20: s. 2(3)(f); s. 390(Sch. 1 item 43.3) on 1.7.21: s. 2(4)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Food Amendment Act 2020, No. 38/2020

Assent Date:

1.12.20

Commencement Date:

Ss 352 on 1.7.21: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Agriculture Legislation Amendment Act 2022, No. 22/2022

Assent Date:

15.6.22

Commencement Date:

S. 206 on 1.1.23: Special Gazette (No. 506) 27.9.22 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Casino and Liquor Legislation Amendment Act 2022, No. 26/2022

Assent Date:

28.6.22

Commencement Date:

S. 56 on 1.7.22: Special Gazette (No. 336) 30.6.22 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Statute Law Amendment (References to the Sovereign) Act 2023, No. 25/2023

Assent Date:

5.9.23

Commencement Date:

S. 7(Sch. 1 item 14) on 6.9.23: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2024, No. 6/2024

Assent Date:

5.3.24

Commencement Date:

Ss 3135 on 6.3.24: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984

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    3     Explanatory details


[1] S. 4(1):

S. 4(1) amended by Nos 10262 s. 4, 95/1986 s. 5, 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 items 47.1, 47.2) (as amended by No. 13/1990 s. 38(1)(o)(p)), 36/1991 s. 4(a)(b), 88/1992 s. 86, 42/1993 s. 64(b), 125/1993 s. 20(5)(a), 13/1994 s. 4, 23/1994 s. 118(Sch. 1 item 21.1), 79/1994 s. 74, 20/1995 s. 5, 98/1997 ss 3, 16(a), 18(1)(a)(b), 110/1997 s. 41, 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 47), substituted by No. 14/2001 s. 4(1) (as amended by No. 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 48)).



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