Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) After considering any submissions made in relation to a draft Code of Practice, or proposed variation or revocation of a Code of Practice, the Minister may make the Code of Practice, variation or revocation.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), after the making of a Code of Practice or variation of a Code of Practice, the Minister must ensure that the Code of Practice or variation is published in full—
(a) in the next general edition of the Government Gazette; or
(b) in a special edition of the Government Gazette within 10 working days after the making of the Code of Practice or variation.
(3) If a Code of Practice or variation of a Code of Practice is unsuitable to be published in full, notice of the making of the Code of Practice or variation and where it is available must be published—
(a) in the next general edition of the Government Gazette; or
(b) in a special edition of the Government Gazette within 10 working days after the making of the Code of Practice or variation.
(4) After the making of a revocation of a Code of Practice, the Minister must ensure that the revocation is published—
(a) in the next general edition of the Government Gazette; or
(b) in a special edition of the Government Gazette within 10 working days after the making of the revocation.
(5) A Code of Practice or variation or revocation of a Code of Practice takes effect on—
(a) the date on which the Code of Practice or variation is published in the Government Gazette under subsection (2); or
(b) the date on which notice of the Code of Practice or variation is published in the Government Gazette under subsection (3); or
(c) the date on which the revocation is published in the Government Gazette under subsection (4); or
(d) a later date specified in the Code of Practice, variation, notice or revocation, as the case requires.
S. 37A inserted by No. 53/2017 s. 7.