Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) Subject to sub-section (2), an interim protection declaration operates from the time it is made until the end of the earlier of—
(a) 3 months after the day on which it is made; or
(b) the period specified in the declaration.
(2) Before an interim protection declaration ceases to operate, the Minister may extend the declaration once only for a further period of up to 3 months on his or her own initiative, or at the request of the Council or a registered Aboriginal party for the area to which the Aboriginal place or object the subject of the declaration relates.