What it does
The Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983 (Vic) is Victoria's primary transport compliance and enforcement statute. Originally the Transport Act 1983, it has been substantially amended and restructured over more than four decades. It now incorporates amendments as at 16 March 2026 and spans 622,000 characters of operative and transitional content.
The Act provides the legal framework for: administering Victoria's public transport system at a departmental level; prosecuting transport and ticket infringements; authorising and accrediting enforcement officers; granting inspection, arrest and removal powers; enforcing transport safety offences; managing the Port of Melbourne compliance regime; regulating vehicle sharing schemes; and managing the logistical requirements of major events affecting public transport.
The Act is best understood as the engine room of Victorian transport enforcement. It sits beneath the Transport Integration Act 2010 (the overarching Victorian transport statute) and above the individual mode-specific Acts (Rail Safety National Law, Bus Safety Act 2009, Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Act 2017) as the common enforcement and compliance mechanism.