{"id":"sr:subordinate-legislation-regulations-2024","name":"Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2024","slug":"subordinate-legislation-regulations-2024","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":181373,"registerId":"vic-sr:subordinate-legislation-regulations-2024-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2024","content":"Version No. 002\n\n**Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2024**\n\n**S.R. No. 51/2024**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n18 June 2025\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Regulation Page*\n\n1 Objective 1\n\n2 Authorising provision 1\n\n3 Commencement 1\n\n4 Revocations 1\n\n5 Publishing with table of incorporated matter 2\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes 3\n\n1 General information 3\n\n2 Table of Amendments 5\n\n3 Explanatory details 6\n\n**Version No.** **002**\n\n**Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2024**\n\n**S.R. No. 51/2024**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n18 June 2025\n\nReg. 1 substituted by S.R. No. 56/2025 reg. 4.\n\n\t1 Objective\n\nThe objective of these Regulations is to prescribe the requirements for printing and publication of statutory rules that apply, adopt or incorporate matter.\n\n\t2 Authorising provision\n\nThese Regulations are made under section 28 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**.\n\n\t3 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations come into operation on 23 June 2024.\n\n\t4 Revocations\n\nThe following Regulations are **revoked**—\n\n(a) the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2014[[1]](#endnote-1);\n\n(b) the Subordinate Legislation Amendment Regulations 2015[[2]](#endnote-2);\n\n(c) the Subordinate Legislation Amendment (Prescribed Bookshop) Regulations 2019[[3]](#endnote-3);\n\n(d) the Subordinate Legislation Amendment Regulations 2021[[4]](#endnote-4);\n\n(e) the Subordinate Legislation Amendment (Prescribed Bookshop) Regulations 2022[[5]](#endnote-5).\n\n\t5 Publishing with table of incorporated matter\n\n(1) If a statutory rule applies, adopts or incorporates any matter contained in a document, the statutory rule must be published with a footnote or endnote containing a table—\n\n(a) specifying the document referred to in the statutory rule that contains the matter that is applied, adopted or incorporated; and\n\n(b) indicating the provision of the statutory rule to which the matter applied, adopted or incorporated relates.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to any matter contained in any of the following referred to in section 32(2)(a) of the **Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984**—\n\n(a) an Act;\n\n(b) a Commonwealth Act;\n\n(c) a Code;\n\n(d) a statutory rule;\n\n(e) a statutory rule made under a Commonwealth Act.\n\nReg. 6 revoked by S.R. No. 56/2025 reg. 5.\n\n* * * * *\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\nThe Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2024, S.R. No. 51/2024 were made on 18 June 2024 by the Governor in Council under section 28 of the S**ubordinate Legislation Act 1994**, No. 104/1994 and came into operation on 23 June 2024: regulation 3.\n\nThe Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2024 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 18 June 2034 (see section 5 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**).\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nThis includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.  \nSee section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nSee section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after  \n1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule 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.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThis publication incorporates amendments made to the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2024 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\nSubordinate Legislation Amendment (Revocation of Prescribed Bookshop) Regulations 2025, S.R. No. 56/2025\n\n| *Date of Making:* | 17.6.25 |\n| --- | --- |\n| *Date of Commencement:* | 18.6.25: reg. 3 |\n\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n3 Explanatory details\n\n1. Reg. 4(a): S.R. No. 83/2014 as amended by S.R. Nos 2/2015, 13/2019, 173/2021 and 3/2022. [↑](#endnote-ref-1)\n\n2. Reg. 4(b): S.R. No. 2/2015. [↑](#endnote-ref-2)\n\n3. Reg. 4(c): S.R. No. 13/2019. [↑](#endnote-ref-3)\n\n4. Reg. 4(d): S.R. No. 173/2021. [↑](#endnote-ref-4)\n\n5. Reg. 4(e): S.R. No. 3/2022. [↑](#endnote-ref-5)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient content was provided to determine whether the scope of this instrument changed from its original intent. The document as supplied contains only version history metadata and section headings, with no substantive legislative provisions visible for comparison."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely limited substantive content provided — the document appears to be mostly structural metadata and version history labels rather than actual legislative text","Procedural/administrative nature of subordinate legislation regulations is typically straightforward in concept","No operative provisions, definitions, or penalty clauses were visible in the supplied text","Inability to assess full scope due to incomplete source material"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets out how subordinate legislation—regulations, rules and orders made by departments and agencies rather than Parliament—is to be created, managed and administered in Victoria. It primarily affects government departments and regulatory bodies that draft and maintain such instruments.\n\nIt matters because clear procedures support legal validity, accountability and consistent regulatory outcomes. Note: the supplied text is mostly metadata and headings, so detailed substance is not available here."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. These Regulations replace earlier subordinate legislation regulations (reg 4) and impose an explicit publication duty: statutory rules that apply/adopt/incorporate material must carry a footnote or endnote table naming the source document and the related provision (reg 5(1)). That duty is carved back for matter already in Acts, Commonwealth Acts, Codes or statutory rules (reg 5(2)). The revocations list (including instruments titled \"Prescribed Bookshop\") signals a shift away from prior publication/distribution arrangements toward a focused transparency requirement, shifting compliance costs (drafting, printing, metadata) onto agencies that prepare and publish statutory rules and reducing reliance on the revoked prescribed‑bookshop mechanism (reg 4; endnotes)."},"complexity_factors":["A single, prescriptive publication obligation (reg 5(1)) — straightforward but operational.","Numerical exceptions tied to the Interpretation of Legislation Act s.32(2)(a) (reg 5(2)) requiring cross‑statute reading.","Multiple revocations of prior instruments, including \"Prescribed Bookshop\" rules, creating transitional and historical tracing (reg 4; endnotes).","Cross‑references to the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 as the authorising head of power (reg 2) and to ILA interpretation rules in endnotes.","Amendment/version history and revoked items (Reg.1 substituted; Reg.6 revoked; Table of Amendments) which increase maintenance attention.","Sunset timing noted in endnotes (ten‑year sunset) affecting review and longevity of the rules."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations require any statutory rule that applies, adopts or incorporates material from another document to be published with a footnote or endnote table identifying the source document and the specific provision it relates to (reg 5). They revoke earlier subordinate‑legislation rules, including prior \"Prescribed Bookshop\" regulations, and so affect government drafters and publishers by adding a publishing step and record‑keeping requirement while excluding incorporations that are in Acts, Commonwealth Acts, Codes or other statutory rules (reg 5(2); reg 4)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow purpose. The 2024 Regulations replace the 2014 Regulations with substantially the same scope — prescribing publication requirements for statutory rules that incorporate external matter. The 2025 amendment merely removed regulation 6 (which previously prescribed a 'bookshop' for purchasing printed legislation), slightly narrowing rather than expanding scope. The core function remains unchanged from the original 2014 version."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 operational regulations (one of which is a revocation list)","Single substantive obligation (publishing tables for incorporated matter) with one clear exception","No defined terms section — relies on existing definitions in the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 and Subordinate Legislation Act 1994","Minimal cross-referencing (only to section 28 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 and section 32(2)(a) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984)","Simple conditional structure: 'If X, then Y' with one 'does not apply to' exception","Length: approximately 2 pages of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese Regulations set out the rules for how Victorian **statutory rules** (a type of subordinate legislation — basically regulations made by government bodies under powers given by an Act) must be published when they \"apply, adopt or incorporate\" content from other documents.\n\n**The key requirement:**\nIf a statutory rule borrows rules or standards from an external document (like an industry standard, a technical code, or another publication), it must include a **table** in a footnote or endnote that:\n- Lists the external document being used\n- Shows which part of the statutory rule relates to that external content\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Government drafters** who write regulations\n- **Publishers** of Victorian legislation\n- **Anyone reading Victorian regulations** — the table makes it easier to see when a rule is borrowing from outside sources\n\n**Important exception:**\nThe table requirement **doesn't apply** when the borrowed content comes from:\n- Victorian or Commonwealth Acts (laws passed by Parliament)\n- Codes\n- Other statutory rules\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is about **transparency**. When regulations borrow technical standards or rules from external documents, citizens need to know exactly what's being applied and where to find it. The Regulations also clean up old law by revoking five previous sets of regulations from 2014–2022.\n\n**In short:** These are \"meta-regulations\" — rules about how to make and publish other rules, specifically ensuring readers can trace external content that has been built into Victorian regulations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-regulations-2024","history":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-regulations-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-regulations-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-regulations-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-regulations-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/subordinate-legislation-regulations-2024/documents"}}