Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsNo. 6244 of 1958
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1 July 2024
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No. 6244 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 July 2024
Endnotes
1 General information
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The Essential Services Act 1958 was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959: Government Gazette 18 March 1959 page 892.
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other
material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.
See
section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Essential Services Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Subordinate Legislation Act 1962, No. 6886/1962 (as amended by No. 6961/1962)
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Assent Date: |
8.5.62 |
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Commencement Date: |
1.8.62: Government Gazette 4.7.62 p. 2314 |
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Current State: |
All of Act in operation |
Railways (Amendment) Act 1972, No. 8353/1972
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Assent Date: |
13.12.72 |
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Commencement Date: |
8.5.73: Government Gazette 2.5.73 p. 946 |
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Current State: |
All of Act in operation |
Fuel Emergency Act 1977, No. 8976/1977
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Assent Date: |
3.5.77 |
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Commencement Date: |
3.5.77 |
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Current State: |
All of Act in operation |
Essential Services (Right to Work) Act 1977, No. 9028/1977
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Assent Date: |
5.10.77 |
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Commencement Date: |
5.10.77 |
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Current State: |
All of Act in operation |
Statute Law Revision Act 1983, No. 9902/1983
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Assent Date: |
15.6.83 |
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Commencement Date: |
15.6.83: subject to s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
All of Act in operation |
Transport Act 1983, No. 9921/1983
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Assent Date: |
23.6.83 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 255 on 1.7.83: s. 1(2)(c) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Courts Amendment Act 1986, No. 16/1986
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Assent Date: |
22.4.86 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 30 on 1.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
The Constitution Act Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1988, No. 75/1988
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Assent Date: |
15.12.88 |
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Commencement Date: |
1.1.89: s. 2 |
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Current State: |
All of Act in operation |
Transport (Amendment) Act 1989, No. 44/1989
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Assent Date: |
6.6.89 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Water (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 81/1989
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Assent Date: |
5.12.89 |
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Commencement Date: |
1.11.90: Government Gazette 15.8.90 p. 2473 |
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Current State: |
All of Act in operation |
Electricity Industry Act 1993, No. 130/1993 (as amended by No. 53/1994)
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Assent Date: |
14.12.93 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 122(Sch. 4 item 3) on 3.1.94: Special Gazette (No. 97) 23.12.93 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Electricity Industry (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 53/1994 (as amended by No. 110/1994)
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Assent Date: |
15.6.94 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 34 on 3.10.94: Special Gazette (No. 64) 27.9.94 p. 1; Sch. 1 item 1 on 3.10.94: s. 2(4A) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Electricity Industry (Further Amendment) Act 1994, No. 110/1994
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Assent Date: |
20.12.94 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 41(Sch. 1 item 2) on 20.12.94: Special Gazette (No. 100) 20.12.94 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Gas Industry Act 1994, No. 112/1994
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Assent Date: |
20.12.94 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 114(Sch. 5 item 4) on 20.12.94: Special Gazette (No. 100) 20.12.94 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Gas and Fuel Corporation (Repeal) Act 1995, No. 31/1995
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Assent Date: |
6.6.95 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 52(Sch. 1 item 5) on 21.6.95: Special Gazette (No. 49) 14.6.95 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Gas Industry (Further Amendment) Act 1997, No. 91/1997
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Assent Date: |
9.12.97 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 45 on 11.12.97: Special Gazette (No. 155) 9.12.97 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Rail Corporations (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 104/1997
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Assent Date: |
16.12.97 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 45 on 31.3.98: Special Gazette (No. 23) 31.3.98 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Electricity Safety Act 1998, No. 25/1998
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Assent Date: |
12.5.98 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 170 on 1.7.98: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Transport (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 30/2000
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Assent Date: |
30.5.00 |
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Commencement Date: |
31.5.00: s. 2 |
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Current State: |
All of Act in operation |
Electricity Industry Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2000, No. 69/2000
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Assent Date: |
21.11.00 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 51 on 1.1.01: s. 2(4) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Electoral Act 2002, No. 23/2002
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Assent Date: |
12.6.02 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 191 on 1.9.02: Government Gazette 29.8.02 p. 2333 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Transport Integration Act 2010, No. 6/2010 (as amended by No. 45/2010)
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Assent Date: |
2.3.10 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 19) on 1.7.10: Special Gazette (No. 256) 30.6.10 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
Commercial Arbitration Act 2011, No. 50/2011
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Assent Date: |
18.10.11 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 46(Sch. item 6) on 17.11.11: Special Gazette (No. 369) 15.11.11 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
State Electricity Commission Amendment Act 2024, No. 11/2024
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Assent Date: |
26.3.24 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 90 on 1.7.24: Special Gazette (No. 319) 18.6.24
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Essential Services Act 1958 |
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3 Explanatory details
No entries at date of publication.