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Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983
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(1) In section 2(1) of the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983**—
(b) in the definition of ***mandatory marine safety decision***—
(iv) in paragraph (c)(ii), for "section 228ZZL" **substitute** "section 64 of the **Transport (Safety Schemes Compliance and Enforcement) Act 2014**"; [↑](#endnote-ref-2)
2. S. 37A(2) (*repealed*): The amendment proposed by section 117(1) (Schedule 3 item 208.2) of the **Public Administration Act 2004**, No. 108/2004 is not included in this publication due to the earlier repeal of Part 2A (Heading and section 37A) by section 254A of this Act. [↑](#endnote-ref-3)
3. S. 56(3)(f): The amendment proposed by section 186(Schedule 4 item 45.7(d)) of the **Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2019**, No. 49/2019 is not included in this publication due to the earlier amendment of section 56(3)(f) made by section 186(Sch. 4 item 45.7(b)(ii)).
Schedule 4 item 45.7(d) reads as follows:
Schedule 4—Consequential amendments to other Acts
45 Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983
45.7 In section 56(3)—
(d) in paragraph (f), for "that Corporation" **substitute** "the Head, Transport for Victoria". [↑](#endnote-ref-4)
4. Pt 5 (Heading and ss 82–85) amended by Nos 10220 s. 4(a)–(c), 50/1988 s. 93(2)(Sch. 2 Pt 2 item 59), 52/1988 s. 161(Sch. 6 items 14.2, 14.3), 44/1989 s. 40(Sch. 1 item 2.1), 68/1992 s. 114(Sch. 7 item 4), 85/1992 s. 9(1)(e), 82/1994 s. 13(Sch. 2 item 9), 28/1996 s. 4(j), 59/1996 s. 10(Sch. 2 item 23), 79/1996 s. 58(2), 16/1998 s. 10(2)–(4), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), repealed by No. 30/2000 s. 13.
New Pt 5 (Headings and ss 82–85H) inserted by No. 10/2006 s. 4, amended by Nos 4/2008 s. 32(Sch. item 33), 13/2019 s. 92(5) (as amended by No. 6/2010 s. 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 4.5)), 17/2009 ss 28, 29, 6/2010 s. 199(3)(Sch. 3 items 9.1–9.5), 45/2010 s. 56, 65/2010 ss 395, 396 (as amended by No. 78/2011 s. 39), 29/2011 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 98.4), 61/2011 s. 25(Sch. 1 item 13.6), 22/2013 ss 91(1) (as amended by No. 27/2014 s. 157(1)), 92, 27/2014 ss 138–141, 60/2014 s. 140(Sch. 3 item 46.1), 21/2015 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 55.1), 3/2017 s. 50(Sch. 1 item 10.6), 41/2019 ss 109, 110, 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 45.9), 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 items 17.2, 17.3), repealed by No. 25/2025 s. 83. [↑](#endnote-ref-5)
5. S. 86 amended by Nos 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 275), 10220 ss 5(1)(a), 11(1), 13(7)(a), 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.2), 44/1989 s. 24(a)–(c), 79/1991 ss 3(1), 4(1), 120/1993 s. 5(a)–(d), 17/1995 s. 3, 58/1995 s. 19, 106/1997 ss 4, 21(2), 22(2), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 99/1998 s. 3, 6/1999 s. 9, 45/1999 s. 22, 30/2000 s. 14, 74/2000 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 130), 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 115.1), 61/2001 s. 16(3), 32/2002 s. 6, 35/2002 s. 28(Sch. item 7), 77/2005 s. 8(5), 47/2006 ss 8 (as amended by No. 71/2006 s. 21), 31(1)(Sch. 1 Pt 1 item 1(2)), 71/2006 s. 16, 30/2007 s. 227, 58/2007 s. 55, 69/2007 s. 40(2), 85/2008 s. 3, 13/2009 s. 94 (as amended by No. 6/2010 s. 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 4.5)), 91/2009 s. 219(Sch. 3 item 5), 93/2009 s. 49(4)(a), 19/2010 ss 17, 67, 29/2011 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 98.5), 34/2011 s. 9, 49/2011 s. 8, 61/2011 s. 25(Sch. 1 item 13.6), 43/2013 ss 3, 23, 35/2014 ss 34, 43, 47/2016 s. 46(1), 35/2017 s. 21, 63/2017 s. 21(Sch. 1 items 10.2–10.4), 27/2018 s. 368, 41/2019 s. 111, 34/2020 s. 242, repealed by No. 34/2023 s. 67. [↑](#endnote-ref-6)
6. Pt 6 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 103–129Y) (*repealed*): The proposed repeal of sections 125 and 129R(3) by section 44 of the **Transport Legislation (Further Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2005**, No. 95/2005 (*repealed*) is not included in this publication due to the earlier repeal of sections 125 and 129R(3) by section 119 of the **Rail Safety Act 2006**, No. 9/2006. [↑](#endnote-ref-7)
7. Pt 6 Div. 4: Pt 6 Div. 4 (Heading and ss 119–137) amended by Nos 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 277), 100/1986 s. 8, 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.5), 44/1989 ss 39(1)(b), 40(Sch. 1 item 6.2), repealed by No. 120/1993 s. 8(1), new Pt 6 Div. 4 (Heading and ss 130, 131) inserted by No. 60/1994 s. 13, amended by Nos 17/1995 s. 19(1), 28/1996 s. 4(j), repealed by No. 47/2006 s. 31(2)(Sch. 1 Pt 2 item 45), new Pt 6 Div. 4 (Heading and ss 130–137E) inserted by No. 71/2006 s. 3 (as amended by No. 69/2007 ss 77–82), amended by Nos 71/2006 s. 19, 85/2008 ss 4‒8, 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. items 124.1‒124.6), 93/2009 s. 49(4)(b)(c), 19/2010 ss 18‒26, 68, 34/2011 ss 11‒14, 20/2012 s. 226(Sch. 5 item 23), 9/2013 s. 42(Sch. 2 item 18), 35/2014 ss 4‒27, 46(2)(3), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 171.2), 49/2014 s. 61(1), 55/2014 s. 153(1), 47/2016 s. 46(2), 35/2017 s. 35(2)(3), 36‒43, repealed by No. 63/2017 s. 21(Sch. 1 item 10.7). [↑](#endnote-ref-8)
8. Pt 6 Div. 6 (Heading and ss 163–166) amended by Nos 100/1986 s. 20, 44/1989 s. 40(Sch. 1 item 6.2), 120/1993 ss 32, 33, 60/1994 s. 20, 37/1996 s. 9(7)–(9), repealed by No. 106/1997 s. 21(1), new Pt 6 Div. 6 (Heading and ss 163–169Z) inserted by No. 47/2006 s. 14 (as amended by No. 71/2006 ss 22–24), amended by Nos 69/2007 ss 13–21, 85/2008 ss 9–15, 13/2009 s. 95 (as amended by Nos 6/2010 s. 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 4.5), 19/2010 s. 64), 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. items 124.10–124.14), 19/2010 ss 29–34, 34/2011 ss 22–51, 123, 49/2011 ss 9–14, 61/2011 s. 23(5), 61/2012 ss 19, 20, 35/2014 ss 31–33, 44, 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 171.2), 49/2014 s. 61(2), 55/2014 s. 153(2), 21/2015 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 55.2), 35/2017 ss 56–60, 63/2017 s. 21(Sch. 1 items 10.9–10.20), 41/2019 s. 112, 34/2020 s. 243, repealed by No. 34/2023 s. 69. [↑](#endnote-ref-9)
9. Pt 6 Div. 8 (Heading and ss 171–185) amended by Nos 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 items 278–280), 10220 ss 6–10, 100/1986 ss 22–25, 26(1)(2) (as amended by No. 44/1989 s. 39(2)(b)), 27–30, 31(a) (as amended by No. 44/1989 s. 39(2)(c)) (b)–(e), 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 items 28.10, 28.11), 44/1989 ss 39(1)(e), 40(Sch. 1 items 3.2, 6.2, 13), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. items 202.6, 202.7), 120/1993 ss 34–46, 60/1994 s. 21, 17/1995 ss 4–18, 21(1), 100/1995 s. 62, 28/1996 s. 16(1)(c), 106/1997 ss 6–20, 52/1998 s. 311(Sch. 1 items 96.16–96.26), 99/1998 s. 15(1), 102/1998 s. 39–41, 32/2002 ss 15–19, 34/2003 ss 9, 10, 13(d), 110/2004 s. 52, 95/2005 s. 36, 47/2006 s. 31(Sch. 1 Pt 1 item 9), 74/2007 ss 82–84, repealed by No. 30/2007 s. 231. [↑](#endnote-ref-10)
10. S. 213 (*repealed*): The amendment proposed by Schedule 4 item 28.16(c) (*repealed*) of the **Road Safety Act 1986**, No. 127/1986 is not included in this publication because section 213 was substituted by section 42 of the **Crimes Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1989**, No. 25/1989 prior to this amendment coming into operation. [↑](#endnote-ref-11)
11. S. 215B(1) (*repealed*): The amendment proposed by section 10(Schedule item 171.5) of the **Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014**, No. 37/2014 (*repealed*) is not included in this publication due to the earlier repeal of Division 2A of Part 7 by section 142 of the **Transport (Safety Schemes Compliance and Enforcement) Act 2014**, No. 27/2014.
Schedule item 171.5 read as follows:
171.5 In sections 212(1)(a) and (1B)(a), 214A, 215(2)(ba) and 215B(1), for "member of the police force" **substitute** "police officer". [↑](#endnote-ref-12)
12. S. 221: The amendments proposed by section 31(1)(Schedule 1 Part 1 item 15(a)(b)) of the **Transport Legislation (Further Amendment) Act 2006, No. 47/2006** (as amended by No. 71/2006) (*repealed*) are not included in this publication due to the earlier repeal of section 221(1A) and (1B) by section 24 of the **Transport Legislation (Further Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2005**, No. 95/2005.