WRONGS ACT 1958

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WRONGS ACT 1958 - NOTES

No. 6420 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at 1 December 2008

ENDNOTES

1. General Information
The Wrongs Act 1958 was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959: Government Gazette 18 March 1959 page 893.
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Wrongs Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Wrongs (Assessment of Damages) Act 1966, No. 7496/1966
Assent Date:
20.12.66
Commencement Date:
20.2.67: Government Gazette 8.2.67 p. 288
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Justices (Amendment) Act 1969, No. 7876/1969
Assent Date:
25.11.69
Commencement Date:
S. 2(Sch.) on 1.4.70: Government Gazette 25.2.70 p. 463
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Abolition of Obsolete Offences Act 1969, No. 7884/1969
Assent Date:
2.12.69
Commencement Date:
2.12.69
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Wrongs Act 1972, No. 8330/1972
Assent Date:
5.12.72
Commencement Date:
1.1.73: s. 1(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Status of Children Act 1974, No. 8602/1974
Assent Date:
26.11.74
Commencement Date:
1.3.75: Government Gazette 5.2.75 p. 228
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Employers and Employés (Repeal) Act 1976, No. 8915/1976
Assent Date:
7.12.76
Commencement Date:
7.12.76: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Wrongs (Action for Damages) Act 1978, No. 9153/1978
Assent Date:
30.5.78
Commencement Date:
1.9.78: Government Gazette 12.7.78 p. 2279
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Wrongs (Defamation) Act 1979, No. 9292/1979
Assent Date:
23.10.79
Commencement Date:
23.10.79: s. 1(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Wrongs (Assessment of Damages) Act 1979, No. 9353/1979
Assent Date:
20.12.79
Commencement Date:
20.12.79
Current State:
All of Act in operation

Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981, No. 9576/1981
Assent Date:
26.5.81
Commencement Date:
1.9.81: Government Gazette 26.8.81 p. 2799
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Workers Compensation (Actions) Act 1981, No. 9683/1981
Assent Date:
5.1.82
Commencement Date:
5.1.82
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Wrongs (Defamation) Act 1981, No. 9708/1981
Assent Date:
5.1.82
Commencement Date:
5.1.82
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Wrongs (Dependants) Act 1982, No. 9856/1982
Assent Date:
5.1.83
Commencement Date:
21.12.82: s. 1(3) (same day as Administration and Probate (Survival of Actions) Act 1982)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Limitation of Actions (Personal Injury Claims) Act 1983, No. 9884/1983
Assent Date:
10.5.83
Commencement Date:
11.5.83: Government Gazette 11.5.83 p. 1145
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Penalties and Sentences (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9945/1983
Assent Date:
20.9.83
Commencement Date:
S. 3(3)(Sch. 2 item 42) on 20.12.83: Government Gazette 14.12.83 p. 4035
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Occupiers' Liability Act 1983, No. 9995/1983
Assent Date:
13.12.83
Commencement Date:
1.7.84: Government Gazette 27.6.84 p. 2120
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Wrongs (Animals Straying on Highways) Act 1984, No. 10078/1984
Assent Date:
15.5.84
Commencement Date:
1.8.84: Government Gazette 11.7.84 p. 2381
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Accident Compensation Act 1985, No. 10191/1985
Assent Date:
30.7.85
Commencement Date:
S. 276(Sch. 2) on 31.8.85 (at 4 p.m.): Government Gazette 30.8.85 p. 3401
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Wrongs (Contribution) Act 1985, No. 10227/1985
Assent Date:
10.12.85
Commencement Date:
12.2.86: Government Gazette 12.2.86 p. 382
Current State:
All of Act in operation

Coroners Act 1985, No. 10257/1985
Assent Date:
10.12.85
Commencement Date:
S. 93 on 1.6.86: Government Gazette 30.4.86 p. 1115
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1989, No. 12/1989
Assent Date:
9.5.89
Commencement Date:
S. 4(Sch. 2 item 136.1) on 1.11.89: Government Gazette 1.11.89 p. 2798
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Crimes Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1989, No. 25/1989
Assent Date:
6.6.89
Commencement Date:
Pt 7 (ss 38, 39) on 25.6.89: Special Gazette 20.6.89 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Magistrates' Court Act 1989, No. 51/1989
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 148 on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2216
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. items 223.1-223.7) on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996
Assent Date:
6.11.96
Commencement Date:
S. 453(Sch. 1 item 90) on 1.1.97: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Printers and Newspapers (Repeal) Act 1998, No. 56/1998
Assent Date:
13.10.98
Commencement Date:
S. 4 on 19.11.98: Government Gazette 19.11.98 p. 2792
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Wrongs (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 75/2000
Assent Date:
21.11.00
Commencement Date:
21.11.00: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation


Wrongs and Other Acts (Public Liability Insurance Reform) Act 2002, No. 49/2002
Assent Date:
22.10.02
Commencement Date:
Ss 3-7, 9, 10 on 23.10.02: s. 2(1); s. 8 on 14.2.03: Government Gazette 13.2.03 p. 244; s. 11 on 15.3.03: Government Gazette 13.3.03 p. 419
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Wrongs and Limitation of Actions Acts (Insurance Reform) Act 2003, No. 60/2003 (as amended by No. 102/2003)
Assent Date:
16.6.03
Commencement Date:
Ss 4-10 on 21.5.03: s. 2(1); s. 3 on 1.1.04: Government Gazette 18.12.03 p. 3208
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Wrongs and Other Acts (Law of Negligence) Act 2003, No. 102/2003
Assent Date:
2.12.03
Commencement Date:
S. 14(2) on 21.5.03: s. 2(3); s. 6 on 1.10.03: s. 2(2); ss 3-5, 7-13, 14(1)(3)(4), 15-35 on 3.12.03: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Wrongs (Remarriage Discount) Act 2004, No. 6/2004
Assent Date:
27.4.04
Commencement Date:
28.4.04: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 237) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Victoria State Emergency Service Act 2005, No. 51/2005
Assent Date:
24.8.05
Commencement Date:
S. 58(10)-(14) on 1.11.05: Government Gazette 20.10.05 p. 2308
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Defamation Act 2005, No. 75/2005
Assent Date:
2.11.05
Commencement Date:
S. 49(Sch. 4 item 3) on 1.1.06: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Health Professions Registration Act 2005, No. 97/2005
Assent Date:
7.12.05
Commencement Date:
S. 182(Sch. 4 item 55) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958

Education and Training Reform Act 2006, No. 24/2006
Assent Date:
16.5.06
Commencement Date:
S. 6.1.2(Sch. 7 item 49) on 1.7.07: Government Gazette 28.6.07 p. 1304
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Accident Compensation and Other Legislation (Amendment) Act 2006, No. 41/2006
Endnotes
Assent Date:
25.7.06
Commencement Date:
S. 48 on 26.7.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Relationships Act 2008, No. 12/2008
Assent Date:
15.4.08
Commencement Date:
S. 73(1)(Sch. 1 item 68) on 1.12.08: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
Asbestos Diseases Compensation Act 2008, No. 69/2008
Assent Date:
25.11.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 12, 13 on 26.11.08: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Wrongs Act 1958
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3. Explanatory Details

1 S. 17: See note 1.
2 S. 24: See note 1.
3 S. 26: See note 1.

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Wrongs Act 1958
No. 6420 of 1958