Subordinate Legislation (Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025
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Subordinate Legislation (Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025
S.R. No. 138/2025
Version as at
9 December 2025
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1 Objective 1
2 Authorising provisions 1
3 Extension of operation 1
4 Revocation 1
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Endnotes 2
1 General information 2
2 Table of Amendments 4
3 Explanatory details 5
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Subordinate Legislation (Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025
S.R. No. 138/2025
Version as at
9 December 2025
1 Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to extend the operation of the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Regulations 2015, which would otherwise be revoked by virtue of section 5(1) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994, for the period specified in regulation 3.
2 Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 5A and 28 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994.
3 Extension of operation
The operation of the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Regulations 2015[1] is extended for the period beginning on 21 December 2025 and ending on 20 December 2026.
4 Revocation
These Regulations are revoked on 21 December 2026.
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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.
The Subordinate Legislation (Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025, S.R. No. 138/2025 were made on 9 December 2025 by the Governor in Council under sections 5A and 28 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994, No. 104/1994 and came into operation on 9 December 2025.
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The Subordinate Legislation (Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025 will be revoked on 21 December 2026: see regulation 4.
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 regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule 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 a Statutory Rule 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 a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the Subordinate Legislation (Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Regulations 2015) Extension Regulations 2025 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
3 Explanatory details
Reg. 3: S.R. No. 169/2015 as amended by S.R. No. 15/2019. ↑