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 1 –5 ) 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
National Crime Authority (State Provisions) (Amendment)
Act 2002, No. 18/2002
Criminal Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 2002, No. 35/2002
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
Crimes (Money Laundering) Act 2003,
No. 104/2003
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 4 –18 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 9 –11 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
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
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 30 –42 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
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
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
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
Justice Legislation Amendment (Body-worn Cameras and
Other Matters) Act 2017, No. 54/2017
Assent Date:
8.11.17
Commencement Date:
Ss 3 ‒7 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
No entries at date of publication.