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INSTRUMENTS ACT 1958 - NOTES

Version No. 123

No. 6279 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at
6 September 2023

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Version No. 123

Instruments Act 1958

No. 6279 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at
6 September 2023

An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Instruments and Securities.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):

S. 1
amended by Nos 6531 s. 1(5)(a), 7547 s. 2(a), 9421 s. 4, 9650 s. 27(1)(a), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 38.1).

Endnotes

    1     General information

See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

The Instruments Act 1958 was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959: Government Gazette 30 March 1959 p. 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 Instruments Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

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Instruments (Bills of Sale) Act 1958, No. 6438/1958

Assent Date:

5.11.58

Commencement Date:

1.4.59: Government Gazette 18.3.59 p. 896

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1959, No. 6505/1959

Assent Date:

5.5.59

Commencement Date:

1.4.59: s. 1(2)

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Hire-Purchase Act 1959, No. 6531/1959

Assent Date:

12.5.59

Commencement Date:

1.7.59: Government Gazette 19.6.59 p. 1763

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1962, No. 6867/1962

Assent Date:

16.4.62

Commencement Date:

16.4.62

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Subordinate Legislation Act 1962, No. 6886/1962

Assent Date:

8.5.62

Commencement Date:

1.8.62: Government Gazette 4.7.62 p. 2314

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Instruments (Corporate Bodies Contracts) Act 1967, No. 7547/1967

Assent Date:

17.3.67

Commencement Date:

1.7.67: Government Gazette 21.6.67 p. 2027

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Instruments (Bills of Exchange Amendment) Act 1969, No. 7852/1969

Assent Date:

14.10.69

Commencement Date:

1.3.71: Government Gazette 27.1.71 p. 201

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Instruments (Amendment) Act 1970, No. 7941/1970

Assent Date:

24.3.70

Commencement Date:

24.3.70

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Statute Law Revision Act 1971, No. 8181/1971

Assent Date:

23.11.71

Commencement Date:

23.11.71

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Instruments (Amendment) Act 1971, No. 8198/1971

Assent Date:

30.11.71

Commencement Date:

1.6.72: Government Gazette 19.4.72 p. 963

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Companies (Interstate Corporate Affairs Commission) Act 1974, No. 8565/1974

Assent Date:

14.5.74

Commencement Date:

1.7.74: Government Gazette 29.5.74 p. 1869

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Age of Majority Act 1977, No. 9075/1977

Assent Date:

6.12.77

Commencement Date:

1.2.78: Government Gazette 11.1.78 p. 97

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Instruments (Writs) Act 1979, No. 9279/1979

Assent Date:

10.7.79

Commencement Date:

10.7.79

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Instruments (Powers of Attorney) Act 1980, No. 9421/1980 (as amended by No. 9549)

Assent Date:

20.5.80

Commencement Date:

1.7.80: Government Gazette 25.6.80 p. 2123

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Penalties and Sentences Act 1981, No. 9554/1981

Assent Date:

19.5.81

Commencement Date:

S. 44 on 26.9.80 (but note ss 4, 9 of Act No. 9945): s. 1(3); ss 1, 36–46 on 3.6.81: Government Gazette 3.6.81 p. 1778; rest of Act on 1.9.81: Government Gazette 26.8.81 p. 2799

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981, No. 9576/1981

Assent Date:

26.5.81

Commencement Date:

1.9.81: Government Gazette 26.8.81 p. 2799

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Chattel Securities Act 1981, No. 9650/1981

Assent Date:

15.12.81

Commencement Date:

Ss 1, 2(1)(2)(6), 13–21, 21A, 21B, 26 on 28.3.84; rest of Act on 2.4.84: Government Gazette 28.3.84 p. 941

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Instruments (Enduring Powers of Attorney) Act 1981, No. 9691/1981

Assent Date:

5.1.82

Commencement Date:

3.3.82: Government Gazette 3.3.82 p. 604

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Companies (Consequential Amendments) Act 1981, No. 9699/1981

Assent Date:

5.1.82

Commencement Date:

Ss 9, 14, 18 on 1.7.81: s. 2(2); s. 19 on 1.10.81: s. 2(3); s. 22 on 5.1.82: s. 2(4); rest of Act on 1.7.82: s. 2(1)

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Instruments (Bills of Exchange) Act 1983, No. 9947/1983

Assent Date:

27.9.83

Commencement Date:

27.9.83

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Commercial Arbitration Act 1984, No. 10167/1984

Assent Date:

20.11.84

Commencement Date:

1.4.85: Government Gazette 20.2.85 p. 372

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Courts Amendment Act 1986, No. 16/1986

Assent Date:

22.4.86

Commencement Date:

Ss 1–11, 13–27, 29–34 on 1.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180; s. 28 on 1.9.86: Government Gazette 27.8.86 p. 3201; s. 12 on 1.1.88: Government Gazette 7.10.87 p. 2701

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Guardianship and Administration Board Act 1986, No. 58/1986

Assent Date:

3.6.86

Commencement Date:

S. 14 on 8.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2179; Pt 1, ss 5, 6, 15–18, 75–82, Schs 1, 3 on 1.4.87: Government Gazette 25.3.87 p. 695; s. 58 on 1.4.87: Government Gazette 1.4.87 p. 778; rest of Act on 14.7.87: Government Gazette 8.7.87 p. 1792

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Supreme Court Act 1986, No. 110/1986

Assent Date:

16.12.86

Commencement Date:

1.1.87: s. 2

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Chattel Securities Act 1987, No. 15/1987

Assent Date:

12.5.87

Commencement Date:

1.8.87: Government Gazette 29.7.87 p. 1992

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987, No. 35/1987

Assent Date:

12.5.87

Commencement Date:

Pts 1, 3 on 12.5.87: s. 2(1); Pt 2 on 1.4.89: Government Gazette 22.3.89 p. 652

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987

Assent Date:

19.5.87

Commencement Date:

S. 103(Sch. 4 items 38.1, 38.2) on 1.7.87: Government Gazette 24.6.87 p. 1694

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

County Court (Amendment) Act 1989, No. 19/1989

Assent Date:

16.5.89

Commencement Date:

1.8.89: Government Gazette 26.7.89 p. 1858

Current State:

All of Act in operation

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

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Medical Treatment (Enduring Power of Attorney) Act 1990, No. 7/1990

Assent Date:

10.4.90

Commencement Date:

6.8.90: Government Gazette 1.8.90 p. 2288

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Water (Further Amendment) Act 1994, No. 49/1994

Assent Date:

7.6.94

Commencement Date:

Ss 1, 2 on 7.6.94: s. 2(1); s. 8 (except s. 8(a)(c)) on 1.7.92: s. 2(2); rest of Act on 1.7.94: s. 2(4)

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996

Assent Date:

6.11.96

Commencement Date:

S. 453(Sch. 1 item 40.1–40.3) on 1.1.97: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Law and Justice Legislation (Further Amendment) Act 1997, No. 84/1997

Assent Date:

2.12.97

Commencement Date:

Ss 48–50 on 2.12.97: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Tribunals and Licensing Authorities (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 52/1998

Assent Date:

2.6.98

Commencement Date:

S. 311(Sch. 1 item 43) on 1.7.98: Government Gazette 18.6.98 p. 1512

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001

Assent Date:

27.6.01

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. item 65) on 15.7.01: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Public Notaries Act 2001, No. 52/2001

Assent Date:

25.9.01

Commencement Date:

S. 13(3) on 6.6.02: Government Gazette 30.5.02 p. 1118

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Auction Sales (Repeal) Act 2001, No. 84/2001

Assent Date:

11.12.01

Commencement Date:

S. 6 on 1.1.03: s. 2(4)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Corporations (Financial Services Reform Amendments) Act 2002, No. 9/2002

Assent Date:

23.4.02

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. item 9) on 23.4.02: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Instruments (Enduring Powers of Attorney) Act 2003, No. 75/2003

Assent Date:

21.10.03

Commencement Date:

Ss 3–5 on 1.4.04: Government Gazette 19.2.04 p. 333

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Transfer of Land (Electronic Transactions) Act 2004, No. 23/2004

Assent Date:

18.5.04

Commencement Date:

S. 9 on 19.5.04: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No. 18/2005

Assent Date:

24.5.05

Commencement Date:

S. 18(Sch. 1 item 51) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Motor Car Traders Amendment Act 2008, No. 4/2008

Assent Date:

4.3.08

Commencement Date:

S. 32(Sch. item 16) on 1.12.08: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008, No. 24/2008

Assent Date:

3.6.08

Commencement Date:

S. 79 on 17.12.08: Special Gazette (No. 377) 16.12.08 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Racing and Gambling Legislation Amendment Act 2008, No. 73/2008

Assent Date:

25.11.08

Commencement Date:

S. 31 on 1.1.09: Government Gazette 18.12.08 p. 2998

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Courts Legislation Amendment (Costs Court and Other Matters) Act 2008, No. 78/2008

Assent Date:

11.12.08

Commencement Date:

S. 26 on 31.12.09: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009

Assent Date:

24.11.09

Commencement Date:

S. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 28) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Personal Property Securities (Statute Law Revision and Implementation) Act 2010, No. 74/2010

Assent Date:

19.10.10

Commencement Date:

Ss 15, 16 on 30.1.12: Special Gazette (No. 423) 21.12.11 p. 3

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Statute Law Revision Act 2011, No. 29/2011

Assent Date:

21.6.11

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. 1 item 46) on 22.6.11: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Commercial Arbitration Act 2011, No. 50/2011

Assent Date:

18.10.11

Commencement Date:

S. 46(Sch. item 10) on 17.11.11: Special Gazette (No. 369) 15.11.11 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, No. 17/2014

Assent Date:

25.3.14

Commencement Date:

S. 160(Sch. 2 item 51) on 1.7.15: Special Gazette (No. 151) 16.6.15 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Powers of Attorney Act 2014, No. 57/2014

Assent Date:

26.8.14

Commencement Date:

S. 144 on 1.9.15: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

Statute Law Amendment (References to the Sovereign) Act 2023, No. 25/2023

Assent Date:

5.9.23

Commencement Date:

S. 7(Sch. 1 item 16) on 6.9.23: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Instruments Act 1958

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Metric Conversion (Instruments Act) Regulations 1973, S.R. No. 375/1973

Date of Making:

18.12.73

Date of Commencement:

1.2.74: reg. 1

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    3     Explanatory details

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