2Table of Amendments

2 Table of Amendments This publication incorporates amendments made to the **Wildlife Act 1975** by Acts and subordinate instruments. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– **Crown Land Reserves Act 1978, No. 9212/1978** | Assent Date: | 19.12.78 | | Commencement Date: | 1.3.79: Government Gazette 21.2.79 p. 441 | **Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1980, No. 9412/1980** | Assent Date: | 20.5.80 | | Commencement Date: | 1.7.80: Government Gazette 25.6.80 p. 2122 | **Wildlife (Amendment) Act 1980, No. 9505/1980** (as amended by No. 9549 (as amended by No. 9902)) | Assent Date: | 23.12.80 | | Commencement Date: | 7.1.81: Government Gazette 7.1.81 p. 17 | **Statute Law Revision Act 1981, No. 9545/1981** | Assent Date: | 19.5.81 | | Commencement Date: | 19.5.81: subject to s. 2(2) | **Wildlife (Licences) Act 1981, No. 9578/1981** | Assent Date: | 29.9.81 | | Commencement Date: | 29.9.81 | **Wildlife (Fees) Act 1981, No. 9643/1981** | Assent Date: | 15.12.81 | | Commencement Date: | 10.3.82: Government Gazette 10.3.82 p. 671 | **Wildlife (Protection of Whales) Act 1981, No. 9694/1981** (as amended by Nos 9861, 10087) | Assent Date: | 5.1.82 | | Commencement Date: | 30.4.83: Government Gazette 27.4.83 p. 945 | **Wildlife (Fees) Act 1982, No. 9851/1982** | Assent Date: | 5.1.83 | | Commencement Date: | 10.3.83: s. 1(3) | **Public Account (Trust Funds) Act 1982, No. 9861/1982** | Assent Date: | 5.1.83 | | Commencement Date: | 12.1.83: Government Gazette 21.1.83 p. 81 | **Statute Law Revision Act 1983, No. 9902/1983** | Assent Date: | 15.6.83 | | Commencement Date: | 15.6.83: subject to s. 2(2) | **Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986, No. 46/1986** | Assent Date: | 20.5.86 | | Commencement Date: | S. 5(1) on 4.3.87: Government Gazette 7.1.87 p. 5 | **Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987** | Assent Date: | 19.5.87 | | Commencement Date: | S. 103(Sch. 4 items 76.1–76.84) on 1.7.87: Government Gazette 24.6.87 p. 1694 | **National Parks and Wildlife (Amendment) Act 1988, No. 7/1988** (as amended by No. 90/1989) | Assent Date: | 19.4.88 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 8, 9 on 21.6.88: Special Gazette (No. 52) 21.6.88 p. 1 | **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, No. 47/1988** | Assent Date: | 24.5.88 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 1–4, 8, 11, 69 on 24.5.88: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 25.9.88: Special Gazette (No. 81) 25.9.88 p. 1 | **Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1989, No. 12/1989** | Assent Date: | 9.5.89 | | Commencement Date: | S. 4(1)(Sch. 2 item 134.1) on 1.11.89: Government Gazette 1.11.89 p. 2798 | **Prescribed Weapons Act 1989, No. 39/1989** (as amended by No. 24/1990) | Assent Date: | 6.6.89 | | Commencement Date: | 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210 | **Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989** | Assent Date: | 14.6.89 | | Commencement Date: | S. 4(1)(a)–(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217 | **Conservation, Forests and Lands Acts (Amendment) Act 1989, No. 90/1989** | Assent Date: | 5.12.89 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 16, 17 on 5.12.89: s. 2(1); ss 11–14, 18(1) on 3.10.90: Special Gazette (No. 47) 3.10.90 p. 1 | **Wildlife (Amendment) Act 1990, No. 70/1990** | Assent Date: | 4.12.90 | | Commencement Date: | S. 12 on 25.9.91: Government Gazette 25.9.91 p. 2650; rest of Act (*except* s. 6(3)–(5)) on 1.7.92: Government Gazette 1.7.92 p. 1629; s. 6(3)–(5) on 28.2.02: Government Gazette 28.2.02 p. 318 | **Mineral Resources Development Act 1990, No. 92/1990** | Assent Date: | 18.12.90 | | Commencement Date: | S. 128(Sch. 1 item 33) on 6.11.91: Government Gazette 30.10.91 p. 2970 | **Financial Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994, No. 31/1994** | Assent Date: | 31.5.94 | | Commencement Date: | S. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 65) on 7.7.94: Government Gazette 7.7.94 p. 1878—see **Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984** | **Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994, No. 52/1994** | Assent Date: | 15.6.94 | | Commencement Date: | S. 97(Sch. 3 items 36.1–36.4) on 15.12.94: s. 2(3) | **Impounding of Livestock Act 1994, No. 89/1994** | Assent Date: | 6.12.94 | | Commencement Date: | 6.12.94 | **Fisheries Act 1995, No. 92/1995** | Assent Date: | 5.12.95 | | Commencement Date: | S. 163 on 25.1.96: Government Gazette 25.1.96 p. 148; s. 161(Sch. 2 item 5) on 1.4.98: Government Gazette 26.2.98 p. 418 | **Zoological Parks and Gardens Act 1995, No. 106/1995** | Assent Date: | 5.12.95 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 1, 2 on 5.12.95: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 30.4.96: Special Gazette (No. 45) 30.4.96 p. 1 | **Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996** | Assent Date: | 6.11.96 | | Commencement Date: | S. 453(Sch. 1 item 89) on 1.1.97: s. 2(3) | **Firearms Act 1996, No. 66/1996** | Assent Date: | 17.12.96 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 207–208 on 29.4.97: Government Gazette 24.4.97 p. 921 | **Wildlife (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 87/1997** | Assent Date: | 2.12.97 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 1, 2 on 2.12.97: s. 2(1); ss 30–38, 40 on 18.12.97: Government Gazette 18.12.97 p. 3613; rest of Act on 21.3.98: Government Gazette 12.3.98 p. 520 | **Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998** | Assent Date: | 26.5.98 | | Commencement Date: | S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2) | **Tribunals and Licensing Authorities (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 52/1998** | Assent Date: | 2.6.98 | | Commencement Date: | S. 311(Sch. 1 item 107) on 1.7.98: Government Gazette 18.6.98 p. 1512 | **Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2002, No. 3/2002** | Assent Date: | 26.3.02 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 3–19 on 1.11.02: Government Gazette 31.10.02 p. 2906 | **Control of Weapons and Firearms Acts (Search Powers) Act 2003, No. 9/2003** | Assent Date: | 6.5.03 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 16–17 on 5.10.03: Government Gazette 2.10.03 p. 2538 | **Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act 2004, No. 16/2004** (as amended by Nos 87/2005, 45/2008) | Assent Date: | 18.5.04 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 50, 51 on 2.11.08: Government Gazette 30.10.08 p. 2530 | **Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004** | Assent Date: | 21.12.04 | | Commencement Date: | S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 235) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602 | **Statute Law Revision Act 2005, No. 10/2005** | Assent Date: | 27.4.05 | | Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 27) on 28.4.05: s. 2 | **Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No. 18/2005** | Assent Date: | 24.5.05 | | Commencement Date: | S. 18(Sch. 1 item 118) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781 | **Mineral Resources Development (Sustainable Development) Act 2006, No. 63/2006** | Assent Date: | 29.8.06 | | Commencement Date: | S. 61(Sch. item 34) on 30.8.06: s. 2(1) | **Wildlife Amendment (Marine Mammals) Act 2008, No. 45/2008** | Assent Date: | 26.8.08 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 3(2), 4–21, 23, 24, 31–34 on 27.8.08: s. 2(1); ss 3(1), 22, 25–30 on 1.12.09: s. 2(3) | **Crown Land Acts Amendment (Lease and Licence Terms) Act 2009, No. 40/2009** | Assent Date: | 5.8.09 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 41–46 on 1.7.11: s. 2(3) | **Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, No. 68/2009** | Assent Date: | 24.11.09 | | Commencement Date: | S. 97(Sch. item 135) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 10.12.09 p. 3215 | **Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment (River Red Gums) Act 2009, No. 82/2009** | Assent Date: | 8.12.09 | | Commencement Date: | S. 41 on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 17.12.09 p. 3338 | **Transport Integration Act 2010, No. 6/2010** | Assent Date: | 2.3.10 | | Commencement Date: | S. 25(5)(Sch. 2 item 14) on 1.7.10: Special Gazette (No. 256) 30.6.10 p. 1 | **Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2010, No. 7/2010** | Assent Date: | 16.3.10 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 15–17 on 17.3.10: s. 2 | **Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010, No. 62/2010** | Assent Date: | 21.9.10 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 132–136 on 23.9.10: Special Gazette (No. 382) 22.9.10 p. 1 | **Marine Safety Act 2010, No. 65/2010** (as amended by No. 29/2011) | Assent Date: | 28.9.10 | | Commencement Date: | S. 420(Sch. 3 item 17) on 1.7.12: s. 2(2) | **Subordinate Legislation Amendment Act 2010, No. 78/2010** | Assent Date: | 19.10.10 | | Commencement Date: | S. 24(Sch. 1 item 37) on 1.1.11: s. 2(1) | **Statute Law Revision Act 2011, No. 29/2011** | Assent Date: | 21.6.11 | | Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 109) on 22.6.11: s. 2(1) | **Forests Amendment Act 2012, No. 46/2012** | Assent Date: | 21.8.12 | | Commencement Date: | S. 23 on 1.9.12: s. 2(2) | **Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment Act 2012, No. 82/2012** | Assent Date: | 18.12.12 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 142–146 on 10.2.13: Special Gazette (No. 32) 6.2.13 p. 2 | **Traditional Owner Settlement Amendment Act 2013, No. 4/2013** | Assent Date: | 19.2.13 | | Commencement Date: | S. 35 on 8.3.13: Special Gazette (No. 70) 5.3.13 p. 1 | **Sustainable Forests (Timber) and Wildlife Amendment Act 2014, No. 11/2014** | Assent Date: | 25.2.14 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 17–26 on 14.3.14: Special Gazette (No. 72) 11.3.14 p. 1 | **Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, No. 17/2014** | *Assent Date:* | 25.3.14 | | *Commencement Date:* | S. 160(Sch. 2 item 110) 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 28–76 on 1.7.14: s. 2(2) | **Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014** (as amended by No. 21/2015) | *Assent Date:* | 3.6.14 | | *Commencement Date:* | S. 10(Sch. item 184) on 1.7.14: Special Gazette (No. 200) 24.6.14 p. 2 | **Filming Approval Act 2014, No. 51/2014** | *Assent Date:* | 12.8.14 | | *Commencement Date:* | S. 9(Sch. 2 item 22) on 1.3.15: s. 2(2) | **Water Amendment (Flood Mitigation) Act 2014, No. 53/2014** | *Assent Date:* | 12.8.14 | | *Commencement Date:* | Ss 14, 15 on 1.3.15: s. 2(2) | **Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, No. 60/2014** | Assent Date: | 2.9.14 | | Commencement Date: | S. 140(Sch. 3 item 52) on 17.9.14: Special Gazette (No. 317) 16.9.14 p. 1 | **Statute Law Revision Act 2015, No. 21/2015** | Assent Date: | 16.6.15 | | Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 67) on 1.8.15: s. 2(1) | **Emergency Management (Control of Response Activities and Other Matters) Act 2015, No. 43/2015** | *Assent Date:* | 22.9.15 | | *Commencement Date:* | S. 40 on 19.9.16: Special Gazette (No. 284) 13.9.16 p. 1 | **Crown Land Legislation Amendment (Canadian Regional Park and Other Matters) Act 2016, No. 12/2016** | *Assent Date:* | 5.4.16 | | *Commencement Date:* | Ss 36, 37 on 1.12.16: s. 2(2) | **Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 2016, No. 48/2016** | *Assent Date:* | 6.9.16 | | *Commencement Date:* | Ss 20, 21, 23, 25–27 on 1.12.16: Special Gazette (No. 368) 29.11.16 p. 1; ss 22, 24 on 1.3.17: s. 2(2) | **Traditional Owner Settlement Amendment Act 2016, No. 67/2016** | Assent Date: | 15.11.16 | | Commencement Date: | S. 36 on 1.5.17: s. 2(2) | **Victorian Fisheries Authority Act 2016, No. 68/2016** | Assent Date: | 15.11.16 | | Commencement Date: | S. 174 on 1.7.17: s. 2(2) | **Justice Legislation Amendment (Court Security, Juries and Other Matters) Act 2017, No. 38/2017** | Assent Date: | 29.8.17 | | Commencement Date: | S. 63 on 30.8.17: s. 2(1) | **Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017, No. 49/2017** | Assent Date: | 26.9.17 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 97, 98 on 1.12.17: s. 2(3) | **Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018** | Assent Date: | 27.2.18 | | Commencement Date: | S. 68(Sch. 2 item 139) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2) | **Planning and Environment Amendment (Distinctive Areas and Landscapes) Act 2018, No. 17/2018** | *Assent Date:* | 29.5.18 | | *Commencement Date:* | Ss 34, 35 on 30.5.18: s. 2 | **Parks Victoria Act 2018, No. 19/2018** | Assent Date: | 5.6.18 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 223–243 on 12.9.18: Special Gazette (No. 386) 21.8.18 p. 1 | **Marine and Coastal Act 2018, No. 26/2018** | Assent Date: | 26.6.18 | | Commencement Date: | S. 99 on 1.8.18: Special Gazette (No. 337) 17.7.18 p. 1 | **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Amendment Act 2019, No. 28/2019** | Assent Date: | 10.9.19 | | Commencement Date: | S. 54 on 1.6.20: s. 2(2) | **Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 2019, No. 40/2019** | Assent Date: | 6.11.19 | | Commencement Date: | S. 96 on 1.2.20: s. 2(2) | **Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Act 2020, No. 19/2020** | Assent Date: | 23.6.20 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 116, 117 on 1.12.20: s. 2(2) | **Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2020, No. 40/2020** | Assent Date: | 1.12.20 | | Commencement Date: | S. 115 on 15.12.20: Special Gazette (No. 666) 15.12.20 p. 1 | **Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Amendment Act 2021, No. 42/2021** | Assent Date: | 19.10.21 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 143–149 on 1.9.22: s. 2(2) | **Suburban Rail Loop Act 2021, No. 43/2021** | Assent Date: | 19.10.21 | | Commencement Date: | S. 219(Sch. 1 item 15) on 1.12.21: Special Gazette (No. 649) 23.11.21 p. 1 | **Agriculture Legislation Amendment Act 2022, No. 22/2022** | Assent Date: | 15.6.22 | | Commencement Date: | Ss 194, 195 on 1.1.23: Special Gazette (No. 506) 27.9.22 p. 1 | **Statute Law Amendment (References to the Sovereign) Act 2023, No. 25/2023** | Assent Date: | 5.9.23 | | Commencement Date: | S. 7(Sch. 1 item 34) on 6.9.23: s. 2 | **Justice Legislation Amendment (Integrity, Defamation and Other Matters) Act 2024, No. 31/2024** | Assent Date: | 10.9.24 | | Commencement Date: | S. 113(Sch. 1 item 43) on 10.2.25: Special Gazette (No. 648) 26.11.24 p. 1 | –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 3 Explanatory details 1. S. 17(2) (*original*): Section 4(3)(Sch. item (4)) of the **Prescribed Weapons Act 1989**, No. 39/1989, **substituted** the words "**Firearms Act 1958**" with the words "**Firearms and Other Weapons Act 1958**" in the original section 17(2). This amendment was in operation from 1 September 1989 until the repeal of the **Prescribed Weapons Act 1989** by section 13(1) of the **Control of Weapons Act 1990**, No. 24/1990, on 31 August 1990. Section 13(2) of the **Control of Weapons Act 1990**, No. 24/1990, reads as follows: 13 Repeals and savings (2) The amendments made to any other Act by the **Prescribed Weapons Act 1989** cease to have effect on the day on which subsection (1) comes into operation and on and after that day any Act amended by the **Prescribed Weapons Act 1989** has effect as if the **Prescribed Weapons Act 1989** had not been enacted except for the purposes of paragraphs (c) to (g) of section 14(2) of the **Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984**. [↑](#endnote-ref-2)