General Order effective 16 April 2026

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General Order effective 16 April 2026
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I, the Hon Jacinta Allan MP, Premier of Victoria, state that the following administrative arrangements for responsibility for the following Acts of Parliament, provisions of Acts and functions will operate in substitution of the arrangements in operation immediately before the Effective date of this Order:

Attorney-General

Acts Enumeration and Revision Act 1958

Administration and Probate Act 1958

Administrative Law Act 1978

Adoption Act 1984

Age of Majority Act 1977

Appeal Costs Act 1998

Attorney-General and Solicitor-General Act 1972

Bail Act 1977 - Except:

  • Section 3B and Part 2A (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Youth Justice)

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 -

  • The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Government Services

Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021

Charities Act 1978

Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006

Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 - Except:

  • Chapters 3 and 4 (these Chapters are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Children)
  • Chapter 5 (except Division 2 of Part 5.2 and sections 359, 359A and 415)(these provisions are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Youth Justice)
  • Part 6.2 (this Part is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Children and the Minister for Youth Justice)

(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Children and the Minister for Youth Justice)

Choice of Law (Limitation Periods) Act 1993

Civil Procedure Act 2010

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games)(Enforcement) Act 1995

Commercial Arbitration Act 2011

Commonwealth Places (Administration of Laws) Act 1970

Commonwealth Powers (De Facto Relationships) At 2004

Commonwealth Powers (Family Law-Children) Act 1986

Confiscation Act 1997 - Except:

  • Section 134 (this section is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Community Safety)

Constitution Act 1975 -

  • Part III
  • Division 1 of Part IIIAA (this Division is jointly administered with the Premier)
  • Divisions 3 to 6 of Part IIIAA
  • Part IIIA
  • Section 88 in so far as it relates to the appointment of Crown Counsel and Crown Counsel (Advisings)

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Finance and the Premier)

Constitution (Supreme Court) Act 1989

Constitutional Powers (Coastal Waters) Act 1980

Constitutional Powers (Request) Act 1980

Co-operative Schemes (Administrative Actions) Act 2001

Coroners Act 2008

Corporations (Administrative Actions) Act 2001

Corporations (Ancillary Provisions) Act 2001

Corporations (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2001

Corporations (Victoria) Act 1990

Council of Law Reporting in Victoria Act 1967

Country Court Act 1958

Court Security Act 1980

Court Services Victoria Act 2014

Courts (Case Transfer) Act 1991

Crimes Act 1958

Crimes at Sea Act 1999

Crimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2004

Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act 2004

Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tries) Act 1997 - Except:

  • Sections 38C-38E )except section 38C(8)), 38ZW, 42, 46 and 74 (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Victims)
  • Sections 48-55, 57A, 57B (except section 57B(3) and (3C)),58, 58A (except section 58A(3) and (3C)) and 60-63(1), Division 3 of Part 7 and Part 7A (except section 73H(1) to (1D)) (these provisions are jointly administered with the minister for Disability and the minister for Mental health)
  • Part 5A (except section 38ZJ(2) and (5)) (these provisions are jointly and severally administered with minster for Disability, the Minister for Mental health and the Minister for Youth Justice)
  • Part 7C (except section 73R(1) to (5)) (these provisions are jointly administered with the Minister for Mental Health)

Criminal organisations Control Act 2012

Criminal Procedure Act 2009

Crown Proceedings Act 1958

Defamation Act 2005

Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 -

  • Part 5

(the Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Consumer Affairs)

Domicile Act 1978

Electoral Act 2002 -

  • Part 8

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Premier)

Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000

Equal Opportunity Act 2010

Evidence Act 2008

Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958

Family Violence Protection Act 2008 - Except:

  • Parts 5A, 5B and 11, Division 1A of Part 13, sections 210A and 210B (these provisions are administered by the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence)

(The Act is otherwise jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence)

Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Act 1999

Fences Act 1968

Fines Reform Act 2014

Foreign Judgements Act 1962

Fortification Removal Act 2013

Guardianship and Administration Act 2019

Honorary Justices Act 2014

Human Source Management Act 2023

Imperial Acts Application Act 1980

Imprisonment of Fraudulent Debtors Act 1958

Infringement Act 2006

Instruments Act 1958 - Except:

  • In so far as it relates tot he functions of the Registrar-General and the management of the Office of the Registrar-General (in so far as it relates to those matters, the Act is administered by the Minster for Planning )

Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 - Except:

  • Sections 38M to 38P (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Minister of Finance)
  • Section 65 in so far as it relates to the prescription of a matter for the purposes of sections 38M to 38P (in so far as it relates to those matters, this section is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Finance)

Judgment Debt Recovery Act 1984

Judicial College of Victoria Act 2001

Judicial Commission of Victoria Act 2016

Judicial Entitlements Act 2015

Judicial Proceedings Reports Act 1958

Juries Act 2000

Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987

Jury Directions Act 2015

Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986

Land Act 1958 -

  • In so far as it relates to the exercise of powers relating to leases and license under Subdivisions 1 and 2 of Division 9 of Part 1 in respect of land described as Crown Allotment 22D of Section 30, Parish of Melbourne North being the site of the Victorian County Court
  • In so far as it relates to the land described as Crown Allotment 16 of Section 5, Elwood, Parish of Prahan being the site of the former Elwood Police Station:
    • Except Division 6 of Part I, Subdivision 3 of Division 9 of Part I, section 209 and the remainder of the Act where it relates to the sale and alienation of Crown Lands as set our in Administrative Arrangements Order No. 58 (these provisions are administered by the Minister for Finance)
    • Except sections 201, 201A and 399
  • Sections 22C-22E
  • Sections 201, 21A and 399 in so far as they relate to the land described as Crown Allotment 16 of Section 5, Elwood, Parish of Prahan being the site of the former Elwood Police Station (in so far as they relate to that land, these provisions are jointly administered with the Minister for Finance)

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Corrections, the Minister for Creative Industries, the Minster for Environment, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Government Services, the Minister for Health, the Minister for Health Infrastructure, the Minister for Ports and Freight and the Minster for Roads and Road Safety)

Legal Aid Act 1978

Legal Identity of Defendants (Organisational Child Abuse) Act 2018

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014

Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria)

Leo Cussen Institute (Registration as a Company) Act 2011

Limitation of Actions Act 1958

Local Government Act 2020 -

  • Division 4 of Part 7
  • Division 11 of Part 8
  • Sections 325, 326 and 327 in so far as these sections relate to VCAT's jurisdiction under Division 11 of Part 8 (these sections are jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Local Government)

(The Act is otherwise administered by the Minister for Local Government, the Minister for Roads and Road Safety and the Special Minster of State)

Magistrates' Court Act 1989

Maintenance Act 1965

Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 - Except:

  • Part 3 (this Part is jointly administered with the Minster for Police)

Marriage Act 1958

Monitoring of Places of Detention by the United Nations subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

(OPCAT) Act 2022

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Commonwealth Powers)

Act 2018 -

  • The Act is jointly and severally administered with the Minister for Victims

National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016

Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018

Open Courts Act 2013

Penalty Interest Rates Act 1983

Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1968

Governance

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