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SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 1999 - NOTES

SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 1999 - NOTES

Version No. 043

No. 21 of 1999

Version incorporating amendments as at

2 February 2024

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Version No. 043

Surveillance Devices Act 1999

No. 21 of 1999

Version incorporating amendments as at

2 February 2024

Endnotes

    1     General information

See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 25 March 1999

Legislative Council: 5 May 1999

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill to regulate the installation, use and maintenance of surveillance devices and restrict the publication of information gained from their use, to repeal the Listening Devices Act 1969, to amend the Evidence Act 1958 and for other purposes."

The Surveillance Devices Act 1999 was assented to on 18 May 1999 and came into operation as follows:

Part 1 (sections 15) on 18 May 1999: section 2(1); rest of Act on 1 January 2000: section 2(3).

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 Surveillance Devices Act 1999 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2001, No. 61/2001

Assent Date:

23.10.01

Commencement Date:

S. 16(2) on 1.1.02: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

National Crime Authority (State Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2002, No. 18/2002

Assent Date:

21.5.02

Commencement Date:

S. 24 on 22.5.02: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Criminal Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002, No. 35/2002

Assent Date:

18.6.02

Commencement Date:

S. 28(Sch. item 6) on 19.6.02: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Australian Crime Commission (State Provisions) Act 2003, No. 52/2003

Assent Date:

16.6.03

Commencement Date:

S. 52(Sch. 1 item 11) on 16.10.03: Government Gazette 16.10.03 p. 2624

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 56/2003

Assent Date:

16.6.03

Commencement Date:

Ss 8–10 on 17.6.03: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Crimes (Money Laundering) Act 2003, No. 104/2003

Assent Date:

9.12.03

Commencement Date:

S. 7 on 10.12.03: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Surveillance Devices (Amendment) Act 2004, No. 26/2004 (as amended by Nos 63/2004 (as amended by Nos 87/2005, 27/2006), 27/2006)

Assent Date:

25.5.04

Commencement Date:

Ss 418 on 1.7.06: Government Gazette 29.6.06 p. 1315

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Major Crime Legislation (Office of Police Integrity) Act 2004, No. 63/2004 (as amended by No. 29/2006)

Assent Date:

12.10.04

Commencement Date:

Ss 911 on 16.11.04: Special Gazette (No. 237) 16.11.04 p. 1; s. 12 on 1.7.06: Government Gazette 29.6.06 p. 1314

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004

Assent Date:

21.12.04

Commencement Date:

S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 195) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No. 18/2005

Assent Date:

24.5.05

Commencement Date:

S. 18(Sch. 1 item 104) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2006, No. 29/2006

Assent Date:

6.6.06

Commencement Date:

S. 3(Sch. 1 item 36) on 7.6.06: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Surveillance Devices (Workplace Privacy) Act 2006, No. 70/2006

Assent Date:

19.9.06

Commencement Date:

S. 3 on 1.7.07: s. 2

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Infringements and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008, No. 9/2008

Assent Date:

18.3.08

Commencement Date:

S. 45 on 1.7.08: Special Gazette (No. 172) 27.6.08 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Police Integrity Act 2008, No. 34/2008

Assent Date:

1.7.08

Commencement Date:

S. 143(Sch. 2 item 11) on 5.12.08 Special Gazette (No. 340) 4.12.08 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Coroners Act 2008, No. 77/2008

Assent Date:

11.12.08

Commencement Date:

S. 129(Sch. 2 item 25) on 1.11.09: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Major Crime Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 3/2009

Assent Date:

10.2.09

Commencement Date:

S. 16 on 11.2.09: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 25/2009

Assent Date:

17.6.09

Commencement Date:

Ss 34–37 on 3.9.09: Government Gazette 3.9.09 p. 2331

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, No. 68/2009

Assent Date:

24.11.09

Commencement Date:

S. 97(Sch. item 117) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 10.12.09 p. 3215

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009

Assent Date:

24.11.09

Commencement Date:

S. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 49) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009, No. 91/2009

Assent Date:

15.12.09

Commencement Date:

S. 219(Sch. 3 item 4) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 24.12.09 p. 3397

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Public Interest Monitor Act 2011, No. 72/2011

Assent Date:

6.12.11

Commencement Date:

Ss 3042 on 10.2.13: Special Gazette (No. 32) 6.2.13 p. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Amendment (Investigative Functions) Act 2012, No. 13/2012

Assent Date:

20.3.12

Commencement Date:

S. 13 on 10.2.13: Special Gazette (No. 32) 6.2.13 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment Act 2012, No. 82/2012

Assent Date:

18.12.12

Commencement Date:

Ss 138–141 on 10.2.13: Special Gazette (No. 32) 6.2.13 p. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Statute Law Amendment (Directors' Liability) Act 2013, No. 13/2013

Assent Date:

13.3.13

Commencement Date:

Ss 4143 on 14.3.13: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Justice Legislation Amendment (Cancellation of Parole and Other Matters) Act 2013, No. 15/2013

Assent Date:

26.3.13

Commencement Date:

S. 8 on 20.5.13: Special Gazette (No. 141) 16.4.13 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Sentencing Amendment (Abolition of Suspended Sentences and Other Matters) Act 2013, No. 32/2013

Assent Date:

4.6.13

Commencement Date:

S. 65 on 27.7.13: Special Gazette (No. 226) 25.6.13 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, No. 17/2014

Assent Date:

25.3.14

Commencement Date:

S. 160(Sch. 2 item 94) on 1.7.15: Special Gazette (No. 151) 16.6.15 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Game Management Authority Act 2014, No. 24/2014

Assent Date:

8.4.14

Commencement Date:

Ss 82, 83 on 1.7.14: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014

Assent Date:

3.6.14

Commencement Date:

S. 10(Sch. item 163) on 1.7.14: Special Gazette (No. 200) 24.6.14 p. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Fines Reform Act 2014, No. 47/2014

Assent Date:

1.7.14

Commencement Date:

S. 313 on 31.12.17: Special Gazette (No. 443) 19.12.17 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, No. 60/2014

Assent Date:

2.9.14

Commencement Date:

S. 140(Sch. 3 item 45) on 17.9.14: Special Gazette (No. 317) 16.9.14 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Inquiries Act 2014, No. 67/2014

Assent Date:

23.9.14

Commencement Date:

S. 147(Sch. 2 item 34) on 15.10.14: Special Gazette (No. 364) 14.10.14 p. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2015, No. 20/2015

Assent Date:

16.6.15

Commencement Date:

S. 56(Sch. 1 item 11) on 17.6.15: s. 2(3)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Corrections Legislation Amendment Act 2015, No. 41/2015

Assent Date:

22.9.15

Commencement Date:

S. 10 on 23.9.15: s. 2(1)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Confiscation and Other Matters Amendment Act 2016, No. 27/2016

Assent Date:

31.5.16

Commencement Date:

Ss 42, 43 on 1.6.16: s. 2(1); ss 40, 41 on 1.9.16: Special Gazette (No. 270) 30.8.16 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (A Stronger System) Act 2016, No. 30/2016

Assent Date:

31.5.16

Commencement Date:

S. 88 on 1.7.16: Special Gazette (No. 194) 21.6.16 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Victorian Fisheries Authority Act 2016, No. 68/2016

Assent Date:

15.11.16

Commencement Date:

Ss 171, 172 on 1.7.17: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Justice Legislation Amendment (Body-worn Cameras and Other Matters) Act 2017, No. 54/2017

Assent Date:

8.11.17

Commencement Date:

Ss 37 on 18.4.18: Special Gazette (No. 178) 17.4.18 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018

Assent Date:

27.2.18

Commencement Date:

S. 68(Sch. 2 item 121) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Serious Offenders Act 2018, No. 27/2018

Assent Date:

26.6.18

Commencement Date:

Ss 351(Sch. 4 cl. 23), 366 on 3.9.18: Special Gazette (No. 356) 31.7.18 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Justice Legislation Amendment (Family Violence Protection and Other Matters) Act 2018, No. 33/2018

Assent Date:

14.8.18

Commencement Date:

Ss 99–104 on 31.7.19: Special Gazette (No. 306) 30.7.19 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018, No. 39/2018 (as amended by No. 11/2020)

Assent Date:

28.8.18

Commencement Date:

S. 55 on 1.7.21: Special Gazette (No. 124) 16.3.21 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Act 2019, No. 3/2019

Assent Date:

13.3.19

Commencement Date:

S. 22 on 5.6.19: Special Gazette (No. 215) 4.6.19 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Special Investigator Act 2021, No. 50/2021

Assent Date:

30.11.21

Commencement Date:

S. 144 on 1.12.21: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

Special Investigator Repeal Act 2023, No. 31/2023

Assent Date:

8.11.23

Commencement Date:

S. 68 on 2.2.24: Special Gazette (No. 687) 19.12.23 p. 1

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Surveillance Devices Act 1999

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    3     Explanatory details

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