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Surveillance Devices Act 1999
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45 Annual report of Victoria Police for financial year ending 30 June 2015
Section 30L(4) and (5) as substituted by section 42 of the **Confiscation and Other Matters Amendment Act 2016** apply to theannual report of Victoria Police for the financial year ending 30 June 2015 as if those provisions were in force when the report was submitted to the Minister and laidbefore each House of Parliament.
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1 General information
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*Minister's second reading speech—*
*Legislative Assembly: 25 March 1999*
*Legislative Council: 5 May 1999*
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to regulate the installation, use and maintenance of surveillance devices and restrict the publication of information gained from their use, to repeal the **Listening Devices Act 1969**, to amend the **Evidence Act 1958** and for other purposes."
The **Surveillance Devices Act 1999** was assented to on 18 May 1999 and came into operation as follows:
Part 1 (sections 1–5) on 18 May 1999: section 2(1); rest of Act on 1 January 2000: section 2(3).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
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Interpretation
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• Headings
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• Punctuation
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• Provision numbers
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• Location of "legislative items"
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• Other material
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See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the **Surveillance Devices Act 1999** by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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**Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2001, No. 61/2001**
| Assent Date: | 23.10.01 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 16(2) on 1.1.02: s. 2(2) |
**National Crime Authority (State Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2002, No. 18/2002**
| Assent Date: | 21.5.02 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 24 on 22.5.02: s. 2 |
**Criminal Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002, No. 35/2002**
| Assent Date: | 18.6.02 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 28(Sch. item 6) on 19.6.02: s. 2(1) |
**Australian Crime Commission (State Provisions) Act 2003, No. 52/2003**
| Assent Date: | 16.6.03 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 52(Sch. 1 item 11) on 16.10.03: Government Gazette 16.10.03 p. 2624 |
**Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 56/2003**
| Assent Date: | 16.6.03 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 8–10 on 17.6.03: s. 2 |
**Crimes (Money Laundering) Act 2003, No. 104/2003**
| Assent Date: | 9.12.03 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 7 on 10.12.03: s. 2(2) |
**Surveillance Devices (Amendment) Act 2004, No. 26/2004** (as amended by Nos 63/2004 (as amended by Nos 87/2005, 27/2006), 27/2006)
| Assent Date: | 25.5.04 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 4–18 on 1.7.06: Government Gazette 29.6.06 p. 1315 |
**Major Crime Legislation (Office of Police Integrity) Act 2004, No. 63/2004** (as amended by No. 29/2006)
| Assent Date: | 12.10.04 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 9–11 on 16.11.04: Special Gazette (No. 237) 16.11.04 p. 1; s. 12 on 1.7.06: Government Gazette 29.6.06 p. 1314 |
**Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004**
| Assent Date: | 21.12.04 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 195) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602 |
**Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No. 18/2005**
| Assent Date: | 24.5.05 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 18(Sch. 1 item 104) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781 |
**Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2006, No. 29/2006**
| Assent Date: | 6.6.06 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 36) on 7.6.06: s. 2(1) |
**Surveillance Devices (Workplace Privacy) Act 2006, No. 70/2006**
| Assent Date: | 19.9.06 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3 on 1.7.07: s. 2 |
| Current State: | All of Act in operation |
**Infringements and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008, No. 9/2008**
| Assent Date: | 18.3.08 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 45 on 1.7.08: Special Gazette (No. 172) 27.6.08 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to provision/s amending the **Surveillance Devices Act 1999** |
**Police Integrity Act 2008, No. 34/2008**
| Assent Date: | 1.7.08 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 143(Sch. 2 item 11) on 5.12.08 Special Gazette (No. 340) 4.12.08 p. 1 |
**Coroners Act 2008, No. 77/2008**
| Assent Date: | 11.12.08 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 129(Sch. 2 item 25) on 1.11.09: s. 2 |
**Major Crime Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 3/2009**
| Assent Date: | 10.2.09 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 16 on 11.2.09: s. 2(1) |
**Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 25/2009**
| Assent Date: | 17.6.09 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 34–37 on 3.9.09: Government Gazette 3.9.09 p. 2331 |
**Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, No. 68/2009**
| Assent Date: | 24.11.09 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 97(Sch. item 117) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 10.12.09 p. 3215 |
**Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009**
| Assent Date: | 24.11.09 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 49) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2) |
**Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009, No. 91/2009**
| Assent Date: | 15.12.09 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 219(Sch. 3 item 4) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 24.12.09 p. 3397 |
**Public Interest Monitor Act 2011, No. 72/2011**
| Assent Date: | 6.12.11 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 30–42 on 10.2.13: Special Gazette (No. 32) 6.2.13 p. 2 |
**Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Amendment (Investigative Functions) Act 2012, No. 13/2012**
| Assent Date: | 20.3.12 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 13 on 10.2.13: Special Gazette (No. 32) 6.2.13 p. 1 |
**Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment Act 2012, No. 82/2012**
| Assent Date: | 18.12.12 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 138–141 on 10.2.13: Special Gazette (No. 32) 6.2.13 p. 2 |
**Statute Law Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2013, No. 13/2013**
| Assent Date: | 13.3.13 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 41–43 on 14.3.13: s. 2 |
**Justice Legislation Amendment (Cancellation of Parole and Other Matters) Act 2013, No. 15/2013**
| Assent Date: | 26.3.13 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 8 on 20.5.13: Special Gazette (No. 141) 16.4.13 p. 1 |
**Sentencing Amendment (Abolition of Suspended Sentences and Other Matters) Act 2013, No. 32/2013**
| Assent Date: | 4.6.13 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 65 on 27.7.13: Special Gazette (No. 226) 25.6.13 p. 1 |
**Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, No. 17/2014**
| *Assent Date:* | 25.3.14 |
| *Commencement Date:* | S. 160(Sch. 2 item 94) on 1.7.15: Special Gazette (No. 151) 16.6.15 p. 1 |
**Game Management Authority Act 2014, No. 24/2014**
| *Assent Date:* | 8.4.14 |
| *Commencement Date:* | Ss 82, 83 on 1.7.14: s. 2(2) |
**Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014**
| *Assent Date:* | 3.6.14 |
| *Commencement Date:* | S. 10(Sch. item 163) on 1.7.14: Special Gazette (No. 200) 24.6.14 p. 2 |
**Fines Reform Act 2014, No. 47/2014**
| Assent Date: | 1.7.14 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 313 on 31.12.17: Special Gazette (No. 443) 19.12.17 p. 1 |
**Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, No. 60/2014**
| *Assent Date:* | 2.9.14 |
| *Commencement Date:* | S. 140(Sch. 3 item 45) 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 34) on 15.10.14: Special Gazette (No. 364) 14.10.14 p. 2 |
**Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2015, No. 20/2015**
| Assent Date: | 16.6.15 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 56(Sch. 1 item 11) on 17.6.15: s. 2(3) |
**Corrections Legislation Amendment Act 2015, No. 41/2015**
| Assent Date: | 22.9.15 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 10 on 23.9.15: s. 2(1) |
**Confiscation and Other Matters Amendment Act 2016, No. 27/2016**
| *Assent Date:* | 31.5.16 |
| *Commencement Date:* | Ss 42, 43 on 1.6.16: s. 2(1); ss 40, 41 on 1.9.16: Special Gazette (No. 270) 30.8.16 p. 1 |
**Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (A Stronger System) Act 2016, No. 30/2016**
| *Assent Date:* | 31.5.16 |
| *Commencement Date:* | S. 88 on 1.7.16: Special Gazette (No. 194) 21.6.16 p. 1 |
**Victorian Fisheries Authority Act 2016, No. 68/2016**
| Assent Date: | 15.11.16 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 171, 172 on 1.7.17: s. 2(2) |
**Justice Legislation Amendment (Body-worn Cameras and Other Matters) Act 2017, No. 54/2017**
| *Assent Date:* | 8.11.17 |
| *Commencement Date:* | Ss 3‒7 on 18.4.18: Special Gazette (No. 178) 17.4.18 p. 1 |
**Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018**
| *Assent Date:* | 27.2.18 |
| *Commencement Date:* | S. 68(Sch. 2 item 121) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2) |
**Serious Offenders Act 2018, No. 27/2018**
| Assent Date: | 26.6.18 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 351(Sch. 4 cl. 23), 366 on 3.9.18: Special Gazette (No. 356) 31.7.18 p. 1 |
**Justice Legislation Amendment (Family Violence Protection and Other Matters) Act 2018, No. 33/2018**
| Assent Date: | 14.8.18 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 99–104 on 31.7.19: Special Gazette (No. 306) 30.7.19 p. 1 |
**Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018, No. 39/2018** (as amended by No. 11/2020)
| Assent Date: | 28.8.18 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 55 on 1.7.21: Special Gazette (No. 124) 16.3.21 p. 1 |
**Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Act 2019, No. 3/2019**
| Assent Date: | 13.3.19 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 22 on 5.6.19: Special Gazette (No. 215) 4.6.19 p. 1 |
**Special Investigator Act 2021, No. 50/2021**
| Assent Date: | 30.11.21 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 144 on 1.12.21: s. 2 |
**Special Investigator Repeal Act 2023, No. 31/2023**
| Assent Date: | 8.11.23 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 68 on 2.2.24: Special Gazette (No. 687) 19.12.23 p. 1 |
**Justice Legislation Amendment (Integrity, Defamation and Other Matters) Act 2024, No. 31/2024**
| Assent Date: | 10.9.24 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 111 on 11.9.24: s. 2(1); s. 113(Sch. 1 item 37) on 10.2.25: Special Gazette (No. 648) 26.11.24 p. 1 |
**Youth Justice Act 2024, No. 32/2024**
| Assent Date: | 10.9.24 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 907 on 22.4.25: Special Gazette (No. 149) 1.4.25 p. 1 |
**Statute Law Revision Act 2025, No. 41/2025**
| Assent Date: | 21.10.25 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 4(Sch. 2 item 27) on 22.10.25: s. 2 |
**Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Act 2025, No. 55/2025**
| Assent Date: | 9.12.25 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 90–99 on 10.12.25: s. 2(1) |
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3 Explanatory details
No entries at date of publication.