Victorian Current Acts

UNAUTHORIZED DOCUMENTS ACT 1958 - NOTES

Version No. 024

No. 6403 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at
6 September 2023

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Version No. 024

Unauthorized Documents Act 1958

No. 6403 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at
6 September 2023

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The Unauthorized Documents Act 1958 was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959: Government Gazette 18 March 1959 page 893.

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 Unauthorized Documents Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

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Decimal Currency Act 1965, No. 7315/1965

Assent Date:	30.11.65
Commencement Date:	14.2.66: appointed day
Current State:	All of Act in operation

Penalties and Sentences Act 1981, No. 9554/1981

Assent Date:	19.5.81
Commencement Date:	S. 2(2)(Sch. 2 items 351, 352) on 1.9.81: Government Gazette 26.8.81 p. 2799
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Unauthorized Documents Act 1958

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

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

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

Assent Date:	5.9.23
Commencement Date:	S. 7(Sch. 1 item 29) on 6.9.23: s. 2
Current State:	This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Unauthorized Documents Act 1958

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    3     Explanatory details

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