Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsNo. 58 of 2013
Version incorporating amendments as at
11 October 2023
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Version No. 016
No. 58 of 2013
Version incorporating amendments as at
11 October
2023
Endnotes
1 General information
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Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 27 June 2013
Legislative Council: 5 September 2013
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to reform and consolidate provisions for and powers relating to suppression orders and closed court orders, to make consequential amendments to various Acts and for other purposes."
The Open Courts Act 2013 was assented to on 22 October 2013 and came into operation on 1 December 2013: 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 Open Courts Act 2013 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Open Courts Act 2013, No. 58/2013
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Assent Date: |
22.10.13 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 36(4), 67 on 1.12.13: s. 2(2); s. 33L inserted on 25.4.20 by No. 11/2020 s. 40: s. 2 (as amended by No. 27/2020 s. 37) |
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S. 67 repealed Pt 8 (ss 37–67) on 1.12.14; s. 36(4) repealed s. 36 on 1.12.15; s. 33L repealed Pt 6A (ss 33A–33L) on 26.4.21 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
Criminal Organisations Control and Other Acts Amendment Act 2014, No. 55/2014
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Assent Date: |
26.8.14 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 176, 177 on 27.8.14: s. 2(1) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
Sex Offenders Registration Amendment Act 2016, No. 21/2016
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Assent Date: |
26.4.16 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
Confiscation and Other Matters Amendment Act 2016, No. 27/2016
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Assent Date: |
31.5.16 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 44 on 1.6.16: s. 2(1) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016, No. 53/2016
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Assent Date: |
18.10.16 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 110 on 25.11.17: Special Gazette (No. 388) 15.11.17 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
Serious Offenders Act 2018, No. 27/2018
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Assent Date: |
26.6.18 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 361 on 3.9.18: Special Gazette (No. 356) 31.7.18 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
Open Courts and Other Acts Amendment Act 2019, No. 11/2019
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Assent Date: |
7.5.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020, No. 11/2020
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Assent Date: |
24.4.20 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 40 on 25.4.20: s. 2 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) and Other Acts Amendment Act 2020, No. 27/2020
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Assent Date: |
20.10.20 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 37 on 21.10.20: s. 2 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
Justice Legislation Amendment (System Enhancements and Other Matters) Act 2021, No. 11/2021
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Assent Date: |
23.3.21 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 110 on 26.4.21: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
Justice Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2022, No. 38/2022
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Assent Date: |
6.9.22 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 90 on 7.9.22: s. 2(1) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2023, No. 26/2023
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Assent Date: |
10.10.23 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Open Courts Act 2013 |
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3 Explanatory details
No entries at date of publication.