No. 10082 of 1984
Version incorporating amendments as at
6 March 2024
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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 Sections 31(b) and 50(5) were never proclaimed, repealed by No. 11/1995 section 3(2).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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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 3–8, 11–18 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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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Current State: |
All of Act in operation |
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001
Assent Date: |
27.6.01 |
Commencement Date: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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 3–33 on 1.7.10: s. 2(5); ss 34–42 on 1.3.11: s. 2(6); ss 43–57 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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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 13–16 on 15.2.17: s. 2(1); ss 4–12 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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Food Act 1984 |
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3 Explanatory details
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)).