1General information

1 General information

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 27 May 2015

Legislative Council: 25 June 2015

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to authorise and facilitate the leasing of land in the port of Melbourne and disposal of assets of the Port of Melbourne Corporation to a private sector entity, to establish the Victorian Transport Fund, to make related amendments to the Transport Integration Act 2010, the Port Management Act 1995, the Marine Safety Act 2010, the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 and consequential amendments to other Acts and for other purposes."

The Delivering Victorian Infrastructure (Port of Melbourne Lease Transaction) Act 2016 was assented to on 22 March 2016 and came into operation as follows:

Parts 1–7 (sections 1–88) on 5 April 2016: Special Gazette (No. 86) 5 April 2016 page 1; sections 94(1)(b)(2), 95–98, 103–122, 131–153, 155–174 on 7 June 2016: Special Gazette (No. 177) 7 June 2016 page 1; sections 94(1)(a), 99–102, 123–130, 154 on 1 July 2016: Special Gazette (No. 177) 7 June 2016 page 1; Part 8 Division 1 (sections 89–93) on 31 October 2016: Special Gazette (No. 325) 25 October 2016 page 1; Part 9 (sections 175–180) and Schedule 1 on 1 November 2016: Special Gazette (No. 325) 25 October 2016 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:

• 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).