82 Transitional regulations—Building Legislation Amendment and Other Matters Act 2024
(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations containing provisions of a transitional nature, including matters of an application or savings nature, arising as a result of the enactment of the amending Act, including any repeals and amendments made as a result of the enactment of that Act.
(2) Regulations made under this section may—
(a) have a retrospective effect to a day that is not before the day on which the amending Act receives the Royal Assent; and
(b) be of limited or general application; and
(c) differ according to time, place or circumstance; and
(d) leave any matter or thing to be decided by a specified person or class of person.
(3) Regulations under this section have effect despite anything to the contrary in any Act (other than this Act or the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006) or in any subordinate instrument.
(4) This section is repealed on the second anniversary of its commencement.
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.
Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 30 November 1990
Legislative Council: 26 March 1991
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to provide for the registration of architects, to regulate the use of the title 'architect' and for other purposes.".
The Architects Act 1991 was assented to on 23 April 1991 and came into operation on 18 September 1991: Special Gazette (No. 47) 18 September 1991 page 1.
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:
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• 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 Architects Act 1991 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
| Assent Date: | 24.5.05 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 18(Sch. 1 item 6) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781 |
Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009
| Assent Date: | 24.11.09 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 5) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2) |
Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012, No. 21/2012
| Assent Date: | 8.5.12 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 239(Sch. 6 item 3) on 1.7.12: Special Gazette (No. 214) 28.6.12 p. 1 |
Building and Planning Legislation Amendment (Governance and Other Matters) Act 2013, No. 34/2013
| Assent Date: | 18.6.13 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 13, 14 on 1.7.13: s. 2 |
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, No. 17/2014
| Assent Date: | 25.3.14 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 160(Sch. 2 item 6) on 1.7.15: Special Gazette (No. 151) 16.6.15 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Architects Act 1991 |
Inquiries Act 2014, No. 67/2014
| Assent Date: | 23.9.14 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 147(Sch. 2 item 4) on 15.10.14: Special Gazette (No. 364) 14.10.14 p. 2 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2015, No. 21/2015
| Assent Date: | 16.6.15 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 5) on 1.8.15: s. 2(1) |
Building Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Act 2017, No. 21/2017
| Assent Date: | 23.5.17 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 111 on 1.7.18: s. 2(3) |
Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018
| Assent Date: | 27.2.18 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 68(Sch. 2 item 7) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2) |
Building and Environment Protection Legislation Amendment Act 2020, No. 3/2020
| Assent Date: | 25.2.20 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 3–18 on 28.7.20: Special Gazette (No. 375) 28.7.20 p. 1 |
Building and Planning Legislation Amendment Act 2023, No. 1/2023
| Assent Date: | 28.2.23 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 22–31 on 1.3.23: s. 2 |
Building Legislation Amendment Act 2023, No. 11/2023
| Assent Date: | 6.6.23 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 58–69 on 1.2.24: s. 2(2) |
Building Legislation Amendment and Other Matters Act 2024, No. 43/2024
| Assent Date: | 12.11.24 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 61 on 13.11.24: s. 2(1); ss 44–60 on 13.8.25: s. 2(3) |