21 Exempting classes of contract from section 186.
Sch. 12 cl. 22 inserted by No. 109/2003 s. 33(5).
22 Any matters to be considered under section 219F in the conduct of an electoral representation review and the making of recommendations relating to the number of Councillors, electoral structures and ward boundaries.
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: 16 November 1988
Legislative Council: 11 April 1989
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to reform the law relating to Local Government in Victoria.".
The Local Government Act 1989 was assented to on 9 May 1989 and came into operation as follows:
Sections 1–96, 98, 99, 111–124, 186–206, 208–220, 222–228, 231–243, Schedules 1–6, 8, 10–12 on 1 November 1989: Government Gazette 1 November 1989 page 2798; section 101 on 1 March 1991; sections 97, 100, 102–110, Schedule 7 on 1 October 1991; sections 125–185, 207, 221, 229, 230, Schedule 9 on 1 October 1992: Government Gazette 4 July 1990 page 2022.
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 Local Government Act 1989 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
| Assent Date: | 14.6.89 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 4(1)(a)–(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217 |
Water (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 81/1989
| Assent Date: | 5.12.89 |
| Commencement Date: | 1.11.90: Government Gazette 15.8.90 p. 2473 |
Local Government (Amendment) Act 1990, No. 13/1990
| Assent Date: | 8.5.90 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 1, 2, 6, 31, 39(2), 40–42, 44–46 on 8.5.90: s. 2(2)(a); ss 23, 37, 38, 39(1)(3) on 9.5.89: s. 2(2)(b); ss 3–5, 7–22, 24–30, 32–36, 43 on 8.5.90: Special Gazette (No. 20) 8.5.90 p. 1 |
| Assent Date: | 25.6.91 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 69 on 25.6.91: s. 2(4) |
Local Government (Rating) Act 1991, No. 78/1991 (as amended by No. 22/1992)
| Assent Date: | 3.12.91 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 19, 26 on 1.11.89: s. 2(1); s. 25 on 1.10.92: s. 2(2); s. 28(1) on 9.5.89: s. 2(3); s. 28(2) on 8.5.90: s. 2(4); rest of Act on 3.12.91: s. 2(5) |
Local Government (Elections) Act 1992, No. 15/1992
| Assent Date: | 2.6.92 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 1, 2, 5–7, 9–25 on 3.6.92: Government Gazette 3.6.92 p. 1306; ss 3, 4 on 20.5.93: Government Gazette 20.5.93 p. 1188—see Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984; s. 8 on 25.5.95: Government Gazette 25.5.95 p. 1216 |
Local Government (Financial) Act 1992, No. 22/1992
| Assent Date: | 16.6.92 |
| Commencement Date: | All of Act (except ss 3, 19, 20) on 16.6.92: s. 2(1); s. 19 on 1.10.92: s. 2(3); s. 20 on 1.10.92: s. 2(4); s. 3 on 1.10.93: Government Gazette 9.9.93 p. 2496 |
Caravan Parks and Movable Dwellings (Amendment) Act 1993, No. 23/1993
| Assent Date: | 25.5.93 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 1, 2 on 25.5.93: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.11.93: Government Gazette 23.9.93 p. 2601 |
Local Government (General Amendment) Act 1993, No. 43/1993
| Assent Date: | 1.6.93 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 1–6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15–20, 22, 24, 26 on 1.6.93: s. 2(1); s. 12 on 1.10.93: s. 2(3); ss 23, 25 on 2.9.93: Government Gazette 2.9.93 p. 2454; ss 14, 21 on 1.10.93: Government Gazette 23.9.93 p. 2602; s. 7 on 31.3.94: Government Gazette 31.3.94 p. 771; s. 9 on 25.5.95: Government Gazette 25.5.95 p. 1216 |
City of Melbourne Act 1993, No. 98/1993
| Assent Date: | 18.11.93 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 12 on 28.9.93: s. 2(2); rest of Act on 18.11.93: s. 2(1) |
Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1993, No. 125/1993
| Assent Date: | 7.12.93 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 37(2) on 3.12.91: s. 2(2); s. 37(3) on 1.6.93: s. 2(3); rest of Act (except ss 4(2), 6, 9) on 7.12.93: s. 2(4); ss 4(2), 6, 9 on 1.10.95: s. 2(1) |
| Assent Date: | 10.5.94 |
| Commencement Date: | Pt 1 (ss 1–8), ss 60, 61 on 10.5.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.7.94: s. 2(2) |
Local Government (Competitive Tendering) Act 1994, No. 40/1994
| Assent Date: | 7.6.94 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 1, 2 on 7.6.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act (except s. 6) on 1.10.94: s. 2(4); s. 6 on 1.10.94: s. 2(3) |
Valuation of Land (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 91/1994
| Assent Date: | 6.12.94 |
| Commencement Date: | Pt 1 (ss 1, 2), ss 5–9, 38, 39 on 6.12.94: s. 2(1); ss 3, 36, 37 on 1.1.95: s. 2(2); ss 4, 35 on 1.10.94: s. 2(3); Pt 3 (ss 10–34) on 23.1.95: Government Gazette 19.1.95 p. 121 |
| Assent Date: | 13.12.94 |
| Commencement Date: | Pt 1 (ss 1, 2) on 13.12.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 26.1.95: Government Gazette 26.1.95 p. 163 |
Local Government (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 99/1994
| Assent Date: | 13.12.94 |
| Commencement Date: | All of Act (except ss 7, 25) on 13.12.94: s. 2(1); s. 7 on 1.1.96: s. 2(3); s. 25 on 1.1.96: s. 2(4) |
Constitution (Court of Appeal) Act 1994, No. 109/1994
| Assent Date: | 20.12.94 |
| Commencement Date: | Pt 1 (ss 1, 2) on 20.12.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 7.6.95: Special Gazette (No. 41) 23.5.95 p. 1 |
Local Government (Further Amendment) Act 1995, No. 33/1995
| Assent Date: | 6.6.95 |
| Commencement Date: | All of Act (except ss 4, 5) on 6.6.95: s. 2(1); ss 4, 5 on 1.7.95: s. 2(2) |
Equal Opportunity Act 1995, No. 42/1995
| Assent Date: | 14.6.95 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 224 on 5.10.95: Government Gazette 28.9.95 p. 2731; s. 223(Sch. 1 item 3), Sch. 2 item 23 on 1.1.96: Government Gazette 21.12.95 p. 3571 |
Local Government (Amendment) Act 1996, No. 34/1996 (as amended by No. 76/1997)
| Assent Date: | 29.10.96 |
| Commencement Date: | All of Act (except ss 6(2), 8, 13, 14, 30(2)) on 29.10.96: s. 2(1); s. 13 on 20.4.98: Government Gazette 9.4.98 p. 778; ss 6(2), 8, 14, 30(2) on 1.7.98: s. 2(3) |
Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996
| Assent Date: | 6.11.96 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 453(Sch. 1 item 52) on 1.1.97: s. 2(3) |
Shop Trading Reform Act 1996, No. 38/1996
| Assent Date: | 6.11.96 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 13 on 26.11.96: Government Gazette 21.11.96<br>p. 2971 |
Local Government (Further Amendment) Act 1997, No. 27/1997
| Assent Date: | 27.5.97 |
| Commencement Date: | All of Act (except s. 18) on 27.5.97: s. 2(1); s. 18 on 1.7.97: s. 2(2) |
Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act 1997, No. 76/1997
| Assent Date: | 25.11.97 |
| Commencement Date: | All of Act (except ss 5(1), 6, 15, 18) on 25.11.97: s. 2(1); ss 5(1), 6 on 12.12.97: Government Gazette 11.12.97 p. 3364; ss 15, 18 on 31.3.98: Government Gazette 11.12.97 p. 3365 |
Audit (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 93/1997
| Assent Date: | 16.12.97 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 28(Sch. item 18) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2) |
Geographic Place Names Act 1998, No. 7/1998
| Assent Date: | 21.4.98 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 23 on 31.12.98: s. 2(3) |
| Assent Date: | 27.6.01 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. item 74) on 15.7.01: s. 2 |
Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2002, No. 11/2002
| Assent Date: | 23.4.02 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 42) on 24.4.02: s. 2(1) |
Electoral Act 2002, No. 23/2002
| Assent Date: | 12.6.02 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 198 on 1.9.02: Government Gazette 29.8.02 p. 2333 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending Local Government Act 1989 |
| Assent Date: | 18.6.02 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 31 on 1.7.02: s. 2(2) |
Local Government (Democratic Reform) Act 2003, No. 109/2003
| Assent Date: | 9.12.03 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 3–7, 9, 15–18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 32, 33, 35(1), 36, 37, 40–42, 46–51, 52(1)(2)(4)(5), 54–56, 61, 64–69, 78, 79, 84–88, 92, 93 on 10.12.03: Special Gazette (No. 230) 10.12.03 p. 3; ss 34, 35(2) on 7.1.04: Special Gazette (No. 230) 10.12.03 p. 3; ss 71–76 on 1.2.04: s. 2(2); ss 80, 82, 83 on 13.2.04: Special Gazette (No. 230) 10.12.03 p. 3; ss 53, 57–60, 62, 63, 70 on 31.7.04: Government Gazette 29.7.04 p. 2120; s. 81 on 20.8.04: Government Gazette 29.7.04 p. 2120; s. 89 on 29.10.04: Government Gazette 28.10.04 p. 2978; ss 10–12, 14, 19, 20, 23, 27–31, 38, 39, 43–45, 52(3), 90 on 31.12.04: s. 2(4) |
Road Management Act 2004, No. 12/2004
| Assent Date: | 11.5.04 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 143–147 on 1.7.04: s. 2(2) |
Surveying Act 2004, No. 47/2004
| Assent Date: | 16.6.04 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 71(Sch. item 2) on 1.1.05: s. 2(2) |
Planning and Environment (General Amendment) Act 2004, No. 81/2004
| Assent Date: | 16.11.04 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 49 on 23.5.05: Government Gazette 19.5.05 p. 930 |
State Concessions Act 2004, No. 82/2004
| Assent Date: | 16.11.04 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 13(Sch. item 5) on 1.3.05: s. 2(2) |
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
| Assent Date: | 21.12.04 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 117) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2005, No. 10/2005
| Assent Date: | 27.4.05 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 14) on 28.4.05: s. 2 |
Local Government Amendment (Offences and Other Matters) Act 2009, No. 64/2009
| Assent Date: | 17.11.09 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 36–61 on 8.12.09: Special Gazette (No. 455) 8.12.09 p. 1; ss 4–35 on 1.2.10: Special Gazette (No. 455) 8.12.09 p. 1 |
| Assent Date: | 1.5.12 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 226(Sch. 5 item 19) on 26.11.12: Special Gazette (No. 384) 20.11.12 p. 1 |
Primary Industries and Food Legislation Amendment Act 2012, No. 60/2012
| Assent Date: | 23.10.12 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 71 on 1.12.12: Special Gazette (No. 399) 27.11.12 p. 1 |
Local Government Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2012, No. 63/2012
| Assent Date: | 30.10.12 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 3–19, 21, 24–28 on 31.10.12: s. 2(1); ss 20, 22, 23 on 1.7.13: s. 2(3) |
Planning and Environment Amendment (General) Act 2013, No. 3/2013
| Assent Date: | 19.2.13 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 7, 13 on 22.7.13: Special Gazette (No. 250) 2.7.13 p. 1 |
Statute Law Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2013, No. 13/2013
| Assent Date: | 13.3.13 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 33–36 on 14.3.13: s. 2 |
Heavy Vehicle National Law Application Act 2013, No. 30/2013
| Assent Date: | 4.6.13 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 60(Sch. item 6) on 10.2.14: Special Gazette (No. 28) 4.2.14 p. 1 |
Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013, No. 67/2013
| Assent Date: | 12.11.13 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 649(Sch. 9 item 22) on 1.7.14: s. 2(1) |
Local Government Amendment (Performance Reporting and Accountability) Act 2014, No. 5/2014
| Assent Date: | 11.2.14 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 4–10, 11(2)–(5), 12, 15, 16 on 18.4.14: s. 2(1); ss 11(1), 13, 14 on 1.1.15: s. 2(2) |
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, No. 17/2014
| Assent Date: | 25.3.14 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 160(Sch. 2 item 57) on 1.7.15: Special Gazette (No. 151) 16.6.15 p. 1 |
Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014
| Assent Date: | 3.6.14 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 10(Sch. item 99) on 1.7.14: Special Gazette (No. 200) 24.6.14 p. 2 |
Filming Approval Act 2014, No. 51/2014
| Assent Date: | 12.8.14 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 9(Sch. 2 item 8) on 1.3.15: s. 2(2) |
Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, No. 60/2014
| Assent Date: | 2.9.14 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 140(Sch. 3 item 29) on 17.9.14: Special Gazette (No. 317) 16.9.14 p. 1 |
Inquiries Act 2014, No. 67/2014
| Assent Date: | 23.9.14 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 147(Sch. 2 item 24) on 15.10.14: Special Gazette (No. 364) 14.10.14 p. 2 |
Local Government Legislation Amendment (Environmental Upgrade Agreements) Act 2015, No. 39/2015
| Assent Date: | 8.9.15 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 3, 4 on 1.11.15: Special Gazette (No. 317) 27.10.15 p. 1 |
Local Government Amendment (Improved Governance) Act 2015, No. 53/2015
| Assent Date: | 27.10.15 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 6, 7, 9, 11, 64, 65 on 18.11.15: Special Gazette (No. 349) 18.11.15 p. 1; ss 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14–55, 57–63, 66–76 on 1.3.16: Special Gazette (No. 25) 23.2.16 p. 1; ss 13, 56 on 1.9.16: s. 2(2) |
Local Government Amendment (Fair Go Rates) Act 2015, No. 65/2015
| Assent Date: | 1.12.15 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 3–9 on 2.12.15: s. 2 |
Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (A Stronger System) Act 2016, No. 30/2016
| Assent Date: | 31.5.16 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 83 on 1.7.16: Special Gazette (No. 194) 21.6.16 p. 1 |
Local Government Amendment Act 2016, No. 46/2016
| Assent Date: | 31.8.16 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3 on 31.8.16: s. 2 |
Freedom of Information Amendment (Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner) Act 2017, No. 20/2017
| Assent Date: | 16.5.17 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 134(Sch. 1 item 11) on 1.9.17: s. 2(3) |
Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017, No. 49/2017
| Assent Date: | 26.9.17 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 79, 80 on 1.12.17: s. 2(3) |
State Taxation Acts Further Amendment Act 2017, No. 67/2017
| Assent Date: | 19.12.17 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 78 on 20.12.17: s. 2(4) |
Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018
| Assent Date: | 27.2.18 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 68(Sch. 2 item 80) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2) |
Planning and Environment Amendment (Distinctive Areas and Landscapes) Act 2018, No. 17/2018
| Assent Date: | 29.5.18 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 16, 17 on 30.5.18: s. 2 |
Building Amendment (Registration of Building Trades and Other Matters) Act 2018, No. 46/2018
| Assent Date: | 25.9.18 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 79 on 30.10.18: s. 2(2) |
Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (Public Interest Disclosures, Oversight and Independence) Act 2019, No. 2/2019
| Assent Date: | 5.3.19 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 102–104 on 31.12.19: Special Gazette (No. 537) 17.12.19 p. 1 |
Firefighters' Presumptive Rights Compensation and Fire Services Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2019, No. 20/2019
| Assent Date: | 2.7.19 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 180 on 1.7.20: Special Gazette (No. 328) 30.6.20 p. 1 |
Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2019, No. 49/2019
| Assent Date: | 3.12.19 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 186(Sch. 4 item 25) on 1.1.20: Special Gazette (No. 514) 10.12.19 p. 1 |
| Assent Date: | 24.3.20 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 358, 359, 363, 364 on 6.4.20: Special Gazette (No. 150) 24.3.20 p. 1; s. 360 on 1.5.20: Special Gazette (No. 150) 24.3.20 p. 1; s. 361 on 24.10.20: s. 2(3)(e); s. 362 on 1.7.21: s. 2(4) |
Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Act 2020, No. 19/2020[2]
| Assent Date: | 23.6.20 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 93, 94 on 1.12.20: s. 2(2) |
Table of Amendments (Local Government Act 2020): The amendment proposed by section 361(k) of the Local Government Act 2020, No. 9/2020 is not included in this publication due to the earlier repeal of sections 223BA to 223BM by section 361(j).