Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsNo. 85 of 2012
Version incorporating amendments as at
11 September 2024
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Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012
No. 85 of 2012
Version incorporating amendments as at
11 September
2024
Endnotes
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Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 14 November 2012
Legislative Council: 29 November 2012
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to encourage and facilitate disclosures of improper conduct by public officers, public bodies and other persons or of detrimental action taken in reprisal for a disclosure, to provide protection for persons who make those disclosures and to provide for the confidentiality of the content of those disclosures and the identity of persons who make those disclosures, to make related amendments to other Acts, to repeal the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 and for other purposes."
The Protected Disclosure Act 2012 was assented to on 18 December 2012 and came into operation on 10 February 2013: Special Gazette (No. 32) 6 February 2013 page 2.
The title of this Act was changed from the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 to the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 by section 4 of the Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (Public Interest Disclosures, Oversight and Independence) Act 2019, No. 2/2019.
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
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• Headings
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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
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• Other material
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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 Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment Act 2012, No. 82/2012
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Assent Date: |
18.12.12 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 315, 316 on 11.2.13: s. 2(5) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Protected Disclosure Act 2012, No. 85/2012
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Assent Date: |
18.12.12 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 174 on 10.2.14: s. 174; s. 80(4) on 10.2.15: s. 80(4) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Courts Legislation Amendment (Reserve Judicial Officers) Act 2013, No. 5/2013
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Assent Date: |
26.2.13 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 64 on 17.4.13: Special Gazette (No. 141) 16.4.13 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Officers) Act 2013, No. 63/2013
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Assent Date: |
6.11.13 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 95 on 1.2.14: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, No. 17/2014
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Assent Date: |
25.3.14 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 160(Sch. 2 item 77) on 1.7.15: Special Gazette (No. 151) 16.6.15 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014
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Assent Date: |
3.6.14 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 10(Sch. item 134) on 1.7.14: Special Gazette (No. 200) 24.6.14 p. 2 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, No. 60/2014
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Assent Date: |
2.9.14 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 140(Sch. 3 item 37) on 17.9.14: Special Gazette (No. 317) 16.9.14 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Inquiries Act 2014, No. 67/2014
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Assent Date: |
23.9.14 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 147(Sch. 2 item 29) on 15.10.14: Special Gazette (No. 364) 14.10.14 p. 2 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Judicial Commission of Victoria Act 2016, No. 16/2016
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Assent Date: |
19.4.16 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 167–176 on 1.7.17: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Health Complaints Act 2016, No. 22/2016
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Assent Date: |
3.5.16 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 241 on 1.2.17: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (A Stronger System) Act 2016, No. 30/2016
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Assent Date: |
31.5.16 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 84, 85 on 1.7.16: Special Gazette (No. 194) 21.6.16 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Freedom of Information Amendment (Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner) Act 2017, No. 20/2017
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Assent Date: |
16.5.17 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018
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Assent Date: |
27.2.18 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 68(Sch. 2 item 102) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (Public Interest Disclosures, Oversight and Independence) Act 2019, No. 2/2019
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Assent Date: |
5.3.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 4–48 on 31.12.19: Special Gazette (No. 537) 17.12.19 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Act 2019, No. 3/2019
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Assent Date: |
13.3.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 37 on 1.7.19: Special Gazette (No. 215) 4.6.19 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal and Improving Parliamentary Standards Act 2019, No. 5/2019
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Assent Date: |
19.3.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
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 84) 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 Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Special Investigator Act 2021, No. 50/2021
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Assent Date: |
30.11.21 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 136–141 on 1.12.21: s. 2 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Special Investigator Repeal Act 2023, No. 31/2023
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Assent Date: |
8.11.23 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
Justice Legislation Amendment (Integrity, Defamation and Other Matters) Act 2024, No. 31/2024
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Assent Date: |
10.9.24 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
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3 Explanatory details
No entries at date of publication.