Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
1General information
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1 General information
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Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 23 June 2022
Legislative Council: 4 August 2022
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to re-enact, with amendments, the law relating to the treatment of persons living with mental illness or experiencing psychological distress, to repeal the Mental Health Act 2014 and the Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2021, to consequentially amend other Acts and for other purposes."
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 was assented to on 6 September 2022 and came into operation on 1 September 2023: section 2(2).
Section 605 never proclaimed, repealed on 9 August 2023 by section 37 of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Amendment Act 2023, No. 20/2023.
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, No. 39/2022
| Assent Date: | 6.9.22 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 783(5), 885 on 1.9.23: s. 2(2) | | Note: | S. 885 repealed Ch. 19 (ss 784–885) on 1.9.24; s. 783(5) repealed s. 783 on 1.9.25 | | Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 |
Mental Health and Wellbeing Amendment Act 2023, No. 20/2023
| Assent Date: | 8.8.23 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 3–49 on 9.8.23: s. 2(1) | | Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2025, No. 41/2025
| Assent Date: | 21.10.25 | | Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 23) on 22.10.25: s. 2 | | Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 |
Mental Health Legislation Amendment Act 2025, No. 44/2025
| Assent Date: | 13.11.25 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 42−75 on 14.11.25: s. 2(1) | | Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the |