Table of Amendments
Endnote 2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
Where a provision has expired, the provision has been omitted and an explanatory sidenote included.
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Coal Mines (Amendment) Act 1987, No. 6/1987
Assent Date: | 28.4.87 |
Commencement Date: | 11.5.87: Government Gazette 6.5.87 p. 1004 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Gas and Fuel Corporation (Amendment) Act 1987, No. 24/1987
Assent Date: | 12.5.87 |
Commencement Date: | 22.6.88: Government Gazette 22.6.88 p. 1774 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Transport (Amendment) Act 1989, No. 44/1989
Assent Date: | 6.6.89 |
Commencement Date: | S. 41(Sch. 2 items 8.1–8.3) on 1.7.89: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Act 1989, No. 48/1989
Assent Date: | 14.6.89 |
Commencement Date: | 28.6.89: Government Gazette 28.6.89 p. 1558 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989
Assent Date: | 14.6.89 |
Commencement Date: | S. 4(1)(a)–(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Mineral Resources Development Act 1990, No. 92/1990
Assent Date: | 18.12.90 |
Commencement Date: | S. 128(Sch. 1 items 5.1, 5.2) on 6.11.91: Government Gazette 30.10.91 p. 2970 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Accident Compensation (Further Amendment) Act 1992, No. 37/1992
Assent Date: | 16.6.92 |
Commencement Date: | 16.6.92 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Gas Industry Act 1994, No. 112/1994
Assent Date: | 20.12.94 |
Commencement Date: | S. 114(Sch. 5 item 2) on 21.12.94: Special Gazette (No. 100) 20.12.94 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Gas and Fuel Corporation (Repeal) Act 1995, No. 31/1995
Assent Date: | 6.6.95 |
Commencement Date: | S. 52(Sch. 1 item 3) on 21.6.95: Special Gazette (No. 49) 14.6.95 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Extractive Industries Development Act 1995, No. 67/1995
Assent Date: | 17.10.95 |
Commencement Date: | Pt 1 (ss 1–7), s. 60(1)(2) on 17.10.95: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.6.96: Special Gazette (No. 60) 31.5.96 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Act 1995, No. 78/1995
Assent Date: | 28.11.95 |
Commencement Date: | All of Act (except s. 3) on 28.11.95: s. 2(1); s. 3 on 15.4.96: s. 2(3) |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Port Services Act 1995, No. 82/1995
Assent Date: | 28.11.95 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 190–193 on 1.3.96: Special Gazette (No. 14) 27.2.96 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Accident Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Act 1996, No. 13/1996[2]
Assent Date: | 28.6.96 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 1, 2, 9 on 28.6.96: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 2.7.96: Special Gazette (No. 75) 2.7.96 p. 1 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996
Assent Date: | 6.11.96 |
Commencement Date: | S. 453(Sch. 1 item 22) on 1.1.97: s. 2(3) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Gas Safety Act 1997, No. 99/1997
Assent Date: | 16.12.97 |
Commencement Date: | S. 120 on 1.2.99: Government Gazette 21.1.99 p. 80 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Accident Compensation (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act 1997, No. 107/1997
Assent Date: | 23.12.97 |
Commencement Date: | S. 69 on 1.7.98: s. 2(7) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
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 Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Tribunals and Licensing Authorities (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 52/1998
Assent Date: | 2.6.98 |
Commencement Date: | S. 311(Sch. 1 items 20.1–20.11) on 1.7.98: Government Gazette 18.6.98 p. 1512 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Petroleum Act 1998, No. 96/1998
Assent Date: | 24.11.98 |
Commencement Date: | S. 257(2) on 1.12.99: s. 2(3) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Accident Compensation (Common Law and Benefits) Act 2000, No. 26/2000
Assent Date: | 30.5.00 |
Commencement Date: | S. 30 on 30.6.00: Special Gazette (No. 92) 27.6.00 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2000, No. 74/2000
Assent Date: | 21.11.00 |
Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 34) on 22.11.00: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 84/2000
Assent Date: | 28.11.00 |
Commencement Date: | S. 41 on 7.12.00: Government Gazette 7.12.00 p. 2865 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Gas Industry Acts (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 91/2000
Assent Date: | 5.12.00 |
Commencement Date: | S. 39 on 12.4.01: Government Gazette 12.4.01 p. 643 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Gas Industry Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2001, No. 32/2001
Assent Date: | 19.6.01 |
Commencement Date: | S. 27 on 1.9.01: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001
Assent Date: | 27.6.01 |
Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. item 29) on 15.7.01: s. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 2001, No. 82/2001
Assent Date: | 11.12.01 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 32, 33 on 12.12.01: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Dangerous Goods Legislation (Amendment) Act 2004, No. 67/2004
Assent Date: | 19.10.04 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 3–6, 8–15 on 19.10.04: s. 2(1); s. 7 on 1.10.05: Government Gazette 4.8.05 p. 1696 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
Assent Date: | 21.12.04 |
Commencement Date: | S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 53) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No. 18/2005
Assent Date: | 24.5.05 |
Commencement Date: | S. 18(Sch. 1 item 32) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Dangerous Goods and Equipment (Public Safety) Acts (Amendment) Act 2005, No. 31/2005
Assent Date: | 21.6.05 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 3–23 on 1.7.05: s. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Pipelines Act 2005, No. 61/2005
Assent Date: | 20.9.05 |
Commencement Date: | S. 216 on 1.4.07: Government Gazette 29.3.07 p. 532 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Radiation Act 2005, No. 62/2005
Assent Date: | 20.9.05 |
Commencement Date: | S. 141 on 1.9.07: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Infringements (Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2006, No. 32/2006
Assent Date: | 13.6.06 |
Commencement Date: | S. 94(Sch. item 9) on 1.7.06: Government Gazette 29.6.06 p. 1315 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Mineral Resources Development (Sustainable Development) Act 2006, No. 63/2006
Assent Date: | 29.8.06 |
Commencement Date: | S. 61(Sch. item 8) on 30.8.06: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008, No. 46/2008
Assent Date: | 2.9.08 |
Commencement Date: | S. 274 on 1.1.10: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Dangerous Goods Amendment (Transport) Act 2008, No. 66/2008
Assent Date: | 18.11.08 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 4–28 on 1.1.09: Government Gazette 18.12.08 p. 2998 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Resources Industry Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 6/2009
Assent Date: | 3.3.09 |
Commencement Date: | S. 49 on 1.1.10: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, No. 68/2009
Assent Date: | 24.11.09 |
Commencement Date: | S. 97(Sch. item 44) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 10.12.09 p. 3215 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009
Assent Date: | 24.11.09 |
Commencement Date: | S. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 15) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010, No. 10/2010
Assent Date: | 23.3.10 |
Commencement Date: | S. 800(Sch. 6 item 3) on 1.1.12: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013, No. 67/2013
Assent Date: | 12.11.13 |
Commencement Date: | S. 649(Sch. 9 item 11) on 1.7.14: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, No. 17/2014
Assent Date: | 25.3.14 |
Commencement Date: | S. 160(Sch. 2 item 32) 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 Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014
Assent Date: | 3.6.14 |
Commencement Date: | S. 10(Sch. item 44) 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 Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, No. 60/2014
Assent Date: | 2.9.14 |
Commencement Date: | S. 140(Sch. 3 item 11) 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 Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2015, No. 21/2015
Assent Date: | 16.6.15 |
Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 16) on 1.7.14: s. 2(2)(b) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Road Legislation Amendment Act 2016, No. 5/2016
Assent Date: | 16.2.16 |
Commencement Date: | S. 12 on 15.4.16: Special Gazette (No. 92) 12.4.16 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
WorkSafe Legislation Amendment Act 2017, No. 48/2017
Assent Date: | 26.9.17 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 7, 8 on 27.9.17: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018
Assent Date: | 27.2.18 |
Commencement Date: | S. 68(Sch. 2 item 39) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Environment Protection Amendment Act 2018, No. 39/2018 (as amended by No. 11/2020)
Assent Date: | 28.8.18 |
Commencement Date: | S. 36 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 Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Treasury and Finance Legislation Amendment Act 2018, No. 49/2018
Assent Date: | 25.9.18 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 23–27 on 26.9.18: s. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Firefighters' Presumptive Rights Compensation and Fire Services Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2019, No. 20/2019
Assent Date: | 2.7.19 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 159–161 on 1.7.20: Special Gazette (No. 328) 30.6.20 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Dangerous Goods Amendment (Penalty Reform) Act 2019, No. 38/2019
Assent Date: | 6.11.19 |
Commencement Date: | 7.11.19: s. 2 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2019, No. 49/2019
Assent Date: | 3.12.19 |
Commencement Date: | S. 186(Sch. 4 item 10) on 1.1.20: Special Gazette (No. 514) 10.12.19 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Local Government Act 2020, No. 9/2020
Assent Date: | 24.3.20 |
Commencement Date: | S. 390(Sch. 1 item 22) on 6.4.20: Special Gazette (No. 150) 24.3.20 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021, No. 36/2021
Assent Date: | 21.9.21 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 9, 10, 20−23, 33 on 22.9.21: s. 2(1); s. 11 on 22.9.22: s. 2(3) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Workplace Safety Legislation and Other Matters Amendment Act 2022, No. 10/2022
Assent Date: | 16.3.22 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 15–17 on 17.3.22: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
Roads and Ports Legislation Amendment (Road Safety and Other Matters) Act 2025, No. 25/2025
Assent Date: | 5.8.25 |
Commencement Date: | S. 106(Sch. 1 item 10) on 6.8.25: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 |
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