(1) Section 257, as in force on the commencement day, applies to a disability worker registered before that day.
(2) Section 257, as in force on the commencement day, applies to a disability student registered before that day.
Pt 19 (Heading and ss 311–314) repealed by No. 38/2018 s. 320.
Pt 20 (Headings and ss 315–319) amended by No. 19/2019 s. 236(2), repealed by No. 38/2018 s. 320.
Pt 21 (Heading and s. 320) repealed by No. 38/2018 s. 320.
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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: 25 July 2018
Legislative Council: 9 August 2018
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to provide a regulatory scheme for disability workers and disability students, to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 to provide for the rights and duties of SDA residents and SDA providers consistent with the National Disability Insurance Scheme, to make consequential amendments to the Disability Act 2006, the Health Complaints Act 2016, the Land Tax Act 2005, the Ombudsman Act 1973, the Public Administration Act 2004, the Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010 and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 and for other purposes."
The Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 was assented to on 28 August 2018 and came into operation as follows:
Sections 1, 2, 293–299 and 302–319 on 1 July 2019: Special Gazette (No. 254) 25 June 2019 page 1.
Sections 3–32, 284, 285, 287(1), 291 and 292 on 20 August 2019: Special Gazette (No. 324) 20 August 2019 page 1.
Sections 33–283, 286, 287(2)–290 and 320 on 1 July 2020: section 2(2).
Sections 300, 301 never proclaimed, repealed by No. 19/2019 section 234.
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 Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018, No. 38/2018
| Assent Date: | 28.8.18 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 320 on 1.7.20: s. 2(2) |
| Note: | S. 320 repealed Pt 17 Div. 2 (ss 288–292), Pts 18–21 (ss 293–320) on 1.7.21 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 |
| Assent Date: | 25.6.19 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 218–236 on 26.6.19: s. 2(1) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 |
Local Government Act 2020, No. 9/2020
| Assent Date: | 24.3.20 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 390(Sch. 1 item 24) on 6.4.20: Special Gazette (No. 150) 24.3.20 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 |
Disability Service Safeguards Amendment Act 2020, No. 17/2020
| Assent Date: | 10.6.20 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 4–13 on 1.7.20: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 |
Worker Screening Act 2020, No. 34/2020
| Assent Date: | 4.11.20 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 197–205 on 1.2.21: Special Gazette (No. 647) 8.12.20 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 |
Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, No. 39/2022 (as amended by No. 20/2023)
| Assent Date: | 6.9.22 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 822 on 1.9.23: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 |
Disability and Social Services Regulation Amendment Act 2023, No. 9/2023
| Assent Date: | 23.5.23 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 132−140 on 20.9.23: Special Gazette (No. 483) 12.9.23 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2025, No. 41/2025
| Assent Date: | 21.10.25 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 16) on 22.10.25: s. 2 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 |
Social Services Regulation Amendment (Child Safety, Complaints and Worker Regulation) Act 2025, No. 58/2025
| Assent Date: | 16.12.25 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 20–25 on 17.12.25: s. 2(1); s. 125(Sch. 2 item 3) on 9.2.26: Special Gazette (No. 50) 3.2.26 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 |