Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsNo. 22 of 2016
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No. 22 of 2016
Version incorporating amendments as at
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Endnotes
1 General information
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Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 10 February 2016
Legislative Council: 25 February 2016
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to provide for a complaints process and other processes about health service provision and related matters, to establish the office of Health Complaints Commissioner and the Health Complaints Commissioner Advisory Council, to repeal the Health Services (Conciliation and Review) Act 1987, to make minor and consequential amendments to other Acts and for other purposes."
The Health Complaints Act 2016 was assented to on 3 May 2016 and came into operation on 1 February 2017: section 2(2).
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 Health Complaints Act 2016 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Health Complaints Act 2016, No. 22/2016
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Assent Date: |
3.5.16 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 254 on 1.2.17: s. 2(2) |
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Note: |
S. 254 repealed Pt 15 (ss 160–254) on 1.2.18 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Health Complaints Act 2016 |
Health Legislation Amendment (Quality and Safety) Act 2017, No. 52/2017
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Assent Date: |
24.10.17 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Health Complaints Act 2016 |
Health and Child Wellbeing Legislation Amendment Act 2018, No. 4/2018
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Assent Date: |
27.2.18 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Health Complaints Act 2016 |
Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018, No. 38/2018
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Assent Date: |
28.8.18 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 288–290 on 1.7.20: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Health Complaints Act 2016 |
Disability (National Disability Insurance Scheme Transition) Amendment Act 2019, No. 19/2019
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Assent Date: |
25.6.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 263 on 1.7.19: Special Gazette (No. 254) 25.6.19 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Health Complaints Act 2016 |
Health Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2019, No. 34/2019
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Assent Date: |
22.10.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Health Complaints Act 2016 |
Local Government Act 2020, No. 9/2020
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Assent Date: |
24.3.20 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 390(Sch. 1 item 50) on 6.4.20: Special Gazette (No. 150) 24.3.20 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Health Complaints Act 2016 |
Health Legislation Amendment (Quality and Safety) Act 2022, No. 4/2022
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Assent Date: |
1.3.22 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Health Complaints Act 2016 |
Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, No. 39/2022
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Assent Date: |
6.9.22 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 828 on 1.9.23: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Health Complaints Act 2016 |
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3 Explanatory details
No entries at
date of publication.