An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Instruments and Securities.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of
Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same
as follows (that is to say):
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 Instruments Act
1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
S. 44 on 26.9.80 (but note ss 4, 9 of Act No. 9945):
s. 1(3); ss 1, 36–46 on 3.6.81: Government Gazette 3.6.81 p. 1778;
rest of Act on 1.9.81: Government Gazette 26.8.81 p. 2799
Ss 1–11, 13–27, 29–34 on 1.7.86:
Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180; s. 28 on 1.9.86: Government Gazette
27.8.86 p. 3201; s. 12 on 1.1.88: Government Gazette 7.10.87 p.
2701
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Guardianship and Administration Board Act 1986, No.
58/1986
Assent Date:
3.6.86
Commencement Date:
S. 14 on 8.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2179; Pt
1, ss 5, 6, 15–18, 75–82, Schs 1, 3 on 1.4.87: Government Gazette
25.3.87 p. 695; s. 58 on 1.4.87: Government Gazette 1.4.87 p. 778; rest of
Act on 14.7.87: Government Gazette 8.7.87 p. 1792