CANCER ACT 1958

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CANCER ACT 1958 - NOTES

No. 6213 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at 1 January 2009

ENDNOTES

1. General Information
The Cancer Act 1958 was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959: Government Gazette 18 March 1959 page 892.
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Cancer Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Cancer (Amendment) Act 1960, No. 6663/1960
Assent Date:
25.10.60
Commencement Date:
25.10.60
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Cancer (Amendment) Act 1961, No. 6780/1961
Assent Date:
25.10.61
Commencement Date:
25.10.61
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1962, No. 6867/1962
Assent Date:
16.4.62
Commencement Date:
16.4.62: subject to ss 3, 4
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Cancer (Facilities) Act 1962, No. 6880/1962
Assent Date:
2.5.62
Commencement Date:
2.5.62
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Subordinate Legislation Act 1962, No. 6886/1962
Assent Date:
8.5.62
Commencement Date:
1.8.62: Government Gazette 4.7.62 p. 2314
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Cancer (Amendment) Act 1964, No. 7220/1964
Assent Date:
15.12.64
Commencement Date:
15.12.64
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Hospitals and Charities (Liability of Patients) Act 1966, No. 7455/1966
Assent Date:
15.11.66
Commencement Date:
21.12.66: Government Gazette 21.12.66 p. 4257
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1971, No. 8181/1971
Assent Date:
23.11.71
Commencement Date:
23.11.71: subject to s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Health Commission Act 1977, No. 9023/1977 (as amended by No. 9451/1980)
Assent Date:
24.5.77
Commencement Date:
S. 40(Sch. 1 Pt A item 3(a)(b)) on 6.12.78: Government Gazette 6.12.78 p. 3759
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958

Cancer (Amendment) Act 1980, No. 9375/1980
Assent Date:
6.5.80
Commencement Date:
6.5.80
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Cancer (Cancer Reporting) Act 1980, No. 9494/1980
Assent Date:
23.12.80
Commencement Date:
1.12.81: Government Gazette 28.10.81 p. 3506
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Companies (Consequential Amendments) Act 1981, No. 9699/1981
Assent Date:
5.1.82
Commencement Date:
S. 23 on 1.7.82: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Hospitals and Charities (Amendment) Act 1982, No. 9828/1982
Assent Date:
21.12.82
Commencement Date:
Ss 6, 9 on 1.8.75: s. 1(3)(b); ss 2-5, 7, 8 on 1.9.81: s. 1(3)(c); s. 1 on 21.12.82: s. 1(3)(a)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Hospitals and Charities (Committees of Management) Act 1983, No. 9934/1983
Assent Date:
5.7.83
Commencement Date:
Ss 13-16, 19, 20 on 22.11.83: Government Gazette 16.11.83 p. 3680; ss 17, 18, 21, 22 were never proclaimed, repealed by No. 49/1988
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Health (Amendment) Act 1985, No. 10262/1985
Assent Date:
10.12.85
Commencement Date:
S. 4 on 1.3.86: Government Gazette 26.2.86 p. 415
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Hospitals (Powers) Act 1986, No. 80/1986
Assent Date:
25.11.86
Commencement Date:
25.11.86
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Cancer (Amendment) Act 1988, No. 19/1988
Assent Date:
17.5.88
Commencement Date:
17.5.88
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Health Services Act 1988, No. 49/1988
Assent Date:
24.5.88
Commencement Date:
S. 193 on 1.7.88: Government Gazette 29.6.88 p. 1896; ss 187-192 on 14.5.89: Government Gazette 3.5.89 p. 998
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958

Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1989, No. 12/1989
Assent Date:
9.5.89
Commencement Date:
S. 4(1) on 1.11.89: Government Gazette 1.11.89 p. 2798; Sch. 2 item 11.1 on 1.10.92: Government Gazette 23.9.92 p. 2789
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Cancer (Central Registers) Act 1989, No. 23/1989
Assent Date:
6.6.89
Commencement Date:
1.7.89: Government Gazette 28.6.89 p. 1558
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Medical Practice Act 1994, No. 23/1994
Assent Date:
17.5.94
Commencement Date:
S. 118(Sch. 1 items 6.1-6.3) on 1.7.94: Government Gazette 23.6.94 p. 1672
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Health Acts (Further Amendment) Act 1996, No. 68/1996
Assent Date:
17.12.96
Commencement Date:
Pt 2 (ss 3-7) on 31.12.96: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus No. 3) Act 1997, No. 45/1997
Assent Date:
11.6.97
Commencement Date:
Ss 10-13 on 31.12.97: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Audit (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 93/1997
Assent Date:
16.12.97
Commencement Date:
S. 28(Sch. item 3) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Audit (Amendment) Act 1999, No. 53/1999
Assent Date:
14.12.99
Commencement Date:
S. 26(Sch. item 3) on 1.1.2000: Government Gazette 23.12.99 p. 2764
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958


Statute Law Amendment (Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions) Act 2001, No. 11/2001
Assent Date:
8.5.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 9) on 1.6.01: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001
Assent Date:
27.6.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 13) on 15.7.01: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 24) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Health Professions Registration Act 2005, No. 97/2005
Assent Date:
7.12.05
Commencement Date:
S. 182(Sch. 4 item 6) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine (Repeal) Act 2007, No. 19/2007
Assent Date:
29.5.07
Commencement Date:
S. 12 on 1.7.07: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
Cancer Amendment (HPV) Act 2008, No. 37/2008
Assent Date:
26.8.08
Commencement Date:
27.8.08: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Medical Research Institutes Repeal Act 2008, No. 63/2008
Assent Date:
5.11.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 21-23 on 1.1.09: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Cancer Act 1958
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Government Gazette	12 June 1963 page 1754
Government Gazette	24 January 1968 page 201
Government Gazette	13 March 1968 page 724
Government Gazette	15 December 1982 page 4041
Government Gazette	28 February 1990 page 586
Government Gazette	19 June 1997 pages 1384, 1385
Government Gazette	8 November 2001 page 2796
Government Gazette	3 April 2003 page 635
Government Gazette	26 August 2004 page 2363
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3. Explanatory Details
No entries at date of publication.



















INDEX

Subject

Section

Act

	commencement
1
	repeals
2, Sch. 1
	short title
1
Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria

	annual meeting
10
	audits of accounts
29
	constitution
4, 6, Sch. 2
	costs, charges and expenses
30
	general report
11, 11A
	gifts and moneys
27, 28
	incorporation
7
	meetings

chairman 
22
minutes
25
power to hold, adjourn, regulate proceedings
20
service of notices
24
special
21
validation of proceedings
23
	members

appointment, nomination, ex officio
6, Sch. 2
casual vacancies
9
terms of office
8
	minutes
25
	objects
5
	officers not to receive commission
26
	power to make rules
31
	powers (general)
5
	president
6, 9, 10, 11, 22
	vice-president
6, 9, 10, 22
See also Appeals committee

Executive committee

Finance committee

Medical and scientific committee

Appeals committee

	appointment of members
10, 18, 19
	chairman
19, 22
	constitution and function
18
	general provisions
19
	general report of proceedings
10
	minutes
25
	officers not to receive commission
26
	powers as to meetings, proceedings
20
	service of notices
24
	special meetings
21
	validation of proceedings
23
Cancer 

	definition
59
	prescribed registers for
59, 62
	reports on cancer, cancer tests
60, 61-61B, 62
Subject

Section

Council See Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria

Definitions
3, 59, 61A
Executive committee

	appointment of members
10, 12, 19
	chairman
19, 22
	constitution
12
	general provisions
19
	general report of proceedings
10
	minutes
25
	officers not to receive commission
26
	powers and duties in general
13
	powers and duties as to 

audits of accounts
29
meetings and proceedings
20
	service of notices
24
	special meetings
21
	validation of proceedings
23
Finance committee

	appointment of members
10, 14, 19
	chairman
19, 22
	constitution
14
	general provisions
19
	general report of proceedings
10
	investment of funds
27
	minutes
25
	officers not to receive commission
26
	powers and duties (general)
15
	meetings, proceedings
20
	service of notices
24
	special meetings
21
	validation of proceedings
23
Medical and scientific committee

	appointment of members
10, 16, 19
	chairman
19, 22
	constitution
16
	general provisions
19
	general report of proceedings
10
	minutes
25
	officers not to receive commission
26
	powers and duties in general
17
	powers as to meetings, proceedings
20
	service of notices
24
	special meetings
21
	validation of proceedings
23
Offences

	regarding disclosure of information
61, 61A, 62
	regarding reports on cancer
60, 61, 61A, 62
Prescribed registers
59, 62
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
32
Registers See Prescribed registers





Subject

Section

Regulations 

	regarding 

prescribed registers
62
reports on cancer
60
Repeals
2, Sch. 1
Reports on cancer, cancer tests

	confidentiality
61
	failure to report
60
	regulations regarding
60
	release of information
61A, 61B
	reports to be forwarded onto Council
60
	requirements and persons responsible
60
	results of tests included in prescribed registers
62

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Cancer Act 1958
No. 6213 of 1958