Table of Amendments
Endnote 2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Workers Compensation Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Companies Act 1958, No. 6455/1958 (as amended by No. 6505)
Assent Date: | 2.12.58 |
Commencement Date: | 1.4.59: Government Gazette 4.3.59 p. 496 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
State Accident Insurance Office Act 1961, No. 6803/1961
Assent Date: | 5.12.61 |
Commencement Date: | 5.12.61 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Companies Act 1961, No. 6839/1961
Assent Date: | 19.12.61 |
Commencement Date: | 1.7.62: Government Gazette 21.2.62 p. 392 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Subordinate Legislation Act 1962, No. 6886/1962
Assent Date: | 8.5.62 |
Commencement Date: | 1.8.62: Government Gazette 4.7.62 p. 2314 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Insurance Commissioner (Costs and Expenses) Act 1963, No. 6986/1963
Assent Date: | 7.5.63 |
Commencement Date: | 7.5.63 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
State Insurance Funds Act 1963, No. 7063/1963
Assent Date: | 3.12.63 |
Commencement Date: | 22.4.64: Government Gazette 22.4.64 p. 1305 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
State Insurance Funds Act 1964, No. 7152/1964
Assent Date: | 29.9.64 |
Commencement Date: | 1.7.64: s. 1 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Public Lands and Works Act 1964, No. 7228/1964
Assent Date: | 15.12.64 |
Commencement Date: | 15.3.65: Government Gazette 11.3.65 p. 557 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1965, No. 7292/1965
Assent Date: | 9.6.65 |
Commencement Date: | 1.7.65: Government Gazette 23.6.65 p. 1962 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Statute Law Revision Act 1965, No. 7332/1965
Assent Date: | 14.12.65 |
Commencement Date: | 14.12.65: subject to s. 3 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Hospitals and Charities (Liability of Patients) Act 1966, No. 7455/1966
Assent Date: | 15.11.66 |
Commencement Date: | 21.12.66: Government Gazette 21.12.66 p. 4257 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Justices (Amendment) Act 1969, No. 7876/1969
Assent Date: | 25.11.69 |
Commencement Date: | All of Act (except ss 3, 5, 6, 7(k)(m)–(o)) on 1.4.70; ss 3, 5, 6, 7(k)(m)–(o) on 1.7.70: Government Gazette 25.2.70 p. 463 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation Act 1970, No. 8084/1970
Assent Date: | 22.12.70 |
Commencement Date: | 22.12.70 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Statutory Salaries Act 1971, No. 8165/1971
Assent Date: | 3.11.71 |
Commencement Date: | 3.11.71 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Statute Law Revision Act 1971, No. 8181/1971
Assent Date: | 23.11.71 |
Commencement Date: | 23.11.71: subject to s. 2(2) |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation Act 1972, No. 8271/1972
Assent Date: | 9.5.72 |
Commencement Date: | 9.5.72 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Railways (Amendment) Act 1972, No. 8353/1972
Assent Date: | 13.12.72 |
Commencement Date: | 8.5.73: Government Gazette 2.5.73 p. 946 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation Act 1973, No. 8417/1973
Assent Date: | 17.4.73 |
Commencement Date: | 17.4.73 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
State Insurance Office Act 1975, No. 8727/1975
Assent Date: | 16.5.75 |
Commencement Date: | 1.7.75: Government Gazette 25.6.75 p. 2180 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1975, No. 8733/1975
Assent Date: | 16.5.75 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 12, 21, 24 on 28.5.75: Government Gazette 28.5.75 p. 1857; rest of Act on 1.7.75: Government Gazette 25.6.75 p. 2179 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Surcharge Payments) Act 1975, No. 8804/1975
Assent Date: | 2.12.75 |
Commencement Date: | 2.12.75 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Age of Majority Act 1977, No. 9075/1977
Assent Date: | 6.12.77 |
Commencement Date: | 1.2.78: Government Gazette 11.1.78 p. 97 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Special Provisions) Act 1978, No. 9134/1978
Assent Date: | 23.5.78 |
Commencement Date: | 23.5.78 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1978, No. 9136/1978 (as amended by No. 9215)
Assent Date: | 23.5.78 |
Commencement Date: | S. 3(2)(4) on 2.8.78: Government Gazette 2.8.78 p. 2505; s. 2 on 1.1.79: Government Gazette 29.11.78 p. 3676; s. 3(1) repealed by No. 9215; ss 4, 5 on 14.5.79: Government Gazette 9.5.79 p. 1351; s. 3(3) repealed by No. 9613 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Share Farmers) Act 1978, No. 9215/1978
Assent Date: | 19.12.78 |
Commencement Date: | 1.3.79: Government Gazette 24.1.79 p. 201 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979, No. 9297/1979
Assent Date: | 27.11.79 |
Commencement Date: | 1.12.79: Government Gazette 30.11.79 p. 2995 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (General Amendment) Act 1980, No. 9372/1980
Assent Date: | 30.4.80 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 2, 3 on 1.12.79: s. 1(3); s. 4 on 30.4.80: s. 1(4) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Statute Law Revision Act 1981, No. 9549/1981
Assent Date: | 19.5.81 |
Commencement Date: | 19.5.81: subject to s. 2(2) |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Insurers Guarantee and Compensation Supplementation Fund) Act 1981, No. 9610/1981
Assent Date: | 1.12.81 |
Commencement Date: | 1.12.81 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1981, No. 9613/1981
Assent Date: | 1.12.81 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 1, 2 (except insofar as it inserts s. 25G(2) into the Workers Compensation Act 1958), 3–9, 11–20, 22 on 9.12.81; ss 2 (insofar as it inserts s. 25G(2) into the Workers Compensation Act 1958), 10, 21 on 19.1.82: Government Gazette 9.12.81 p. 4073 |
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 |
Companies (Consequential Amendment) Act 1981, No. 9699/1981
Assent Date: | 5.1.82 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 9, 14, 18 on 1.7.81: s. 2(2); s. 19 on 1.10.81: s. 2(3); s. 22 on 5.1.82: s. 2(4); rest of Act on 1.7.82: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Benefit Rates) Act 1982, No. 9747/1982
Assent Date: | 6.7.82 |
Commencement Date: | 30.6.82: s. 1(3) |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1982, No. 9840/1982 (as amended by No. 10100)
Assent Date: | 21.12.82 |
Commencement Date: | All of Act (except s. 4) on 21.12.82: s. 1(3); s. 4 on 14.1.83: Government Gazette 12.1.83 p. 80 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Statute Law Revision Act 1983, No. 9902/1983
Assent Date: | 15.6.83 |
Commencement Date: | 15.6.83: subject to s. 2(2) |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Transport Act 1983, No. 9921/1983
Assent Date: | 23.6.83 |
Commencement Date: | S. 255 on 1.7.83: s. 1(2)(c) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Education (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9993/1983
Assent Date: | 13.12.83 |
Commencement Date: | S. 19(2) on 8.2.84: Government Gazette 8.2.84 p. 402 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Statute Law Revision Act 1984, No. 10087/1984
Assent Date: | 22.5.84 |
Commencement Date: | 22.5.84: subject to s. 3(2) |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
State Insurance Office Act 1984, No. 10089/1984
Assent Date: | 22.5.84 |
Commencement Date: | 18.9.84: Government Gazette 18.9.84 p. 3219 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1984, No. 10100/1984
Assent Date: | 11.9.84 |
Commencement Date: | S. 16 on 21.12.82: s. 2(2); ss 1–3, 9, 11, 14 on 11.9.84: s. 2(1); ss 4, 6–8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17 on 11.10.84: Government Gazette 11.10.84 p. 3705; s. 5 on 1.1.85: Government Gazette 19.12.84 p. 4483 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Post-Secondary Education (Practical Placements) Act 1984, No. 10156/1984
Assent Date: | 20.11.84 |
Commencement Date: | 18.12.84: s. 2 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Accident Compensation Act 1985, No. 10191/1985
Assent Date: | 30.7.85 |
Commencement Date: | S. 264(4) on 30.6.85: s. 2(4); ss 256–264(1)(2)(3)(5), 265–270 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 Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 1986, No. 48/1986
Assent Date: | 27.5.86 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 35, 37 immediately after the appointed day within the meaning of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 i.e. 4 p.m. on 31.8.85: s. 2(1); ss 33, 34, 36 on 27.5.86: s. 2(3) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Transport Accident Act 1986, No. 111/1986
Assent Date: | 16.12.86 |
Commencement Date: | S. 180(3)(Sch. 2 item 9) on 1.1.87: Government Gazette 23.12.86 p. 4777 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 1987, No. 83/1987
Assent Date: | 1.12.87 |
Commencement Date: | S. 6(2) on 30.7.85: s. 2(2); s. 45(1) on 1.1.88: s. 2(3); rest of Act on 1.12.87: s. 2(1) |
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 |
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 |
Accident Compensation (WorkCover) Act 1992, No. 67/1992 (as amended by No. 50/1993)
Assent Date: | 19.11.92 |
Commencement Date: | S. 64(11) on 1.12.92: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Accident Compensation (WorkCover Insurance) Act 1993, No. 50/1993
Assent Date: | 1.6.93 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 111(2), 112(1) on 19.11.92: s. 2(2)(a); ss 84(1), 92, 94(2), 95, 100, 110(2) on 1.12.92: s. 2(2)(b); s. 93 on 1.4.93: s. 2(2)(c); ss 87, 88 on 29.4.93: s. 2(2)(d); Pt 1 (ss 1–6), 19, 94(1), 102, 110(1), 111(1) on 1.6.93: s. 2(1); Pt 3 (ss 27–42), ss 7–11, 15–17, 72, 78(1)(b), 79, 80(1)(a)(e), 85, 86, 89, 90, 98, 103–108, 109(1)(2), 112(2), 113 on 16.6.93; ss 12–14, 18, 20–26, 55, |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Medical Practice Act 1994, No. 23/1994
Assent Date: | 17.5.94 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 1, 2 on 17.5.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.7.94: Government Gazette 23.6.94 p. 1672 |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Financial Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994, No. 31/1994
Assent Date: | 31.5.94 |
Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 67) on 7.7.94: Government Gazette 7.7.94 p. 1878—see Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 50/1994
Assent Date: | 15.6.94 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 109–113, 114(2), 115–117, 119–123 on 24.6.94: Special Gazette (No. 37) 24.6.94 p. 2—see Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984; ss 114(1), 118 on 1.7.94: Special Gazette (No. 37) 24.6.94 p. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Chiropractors Registration Act 1996, No. 63/1996
Assent Date: | 17.12.96 |
Commencement Date: | S. 98(Sch. item 5) on 1.7.97: s. 2(3) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Podiatrists Registration Act 1997, No. 78/1997
Assent Date: | 25.11.97 |
Commencement Date: | S. 97(Sch. item 4) on 1.12.98: s. 2(3) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Accident Compensation (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act 1997, No. 107/1997
Assent Date: | 23.12.97 |
Commencement Date: | S. 76 on 23.12.97: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998 (as amended by No. 12/1999)
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 Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001
Assent Date: | 27.6.01 |
Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. item 129) on 15.7.01: s. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Accident Compensation Legislation (Amendment) Act 2004, No. 102/2004
Assent Date: | 21.12.04 |
Commencement Date: | S. 46 on 21.12.04: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Health Professions Registration Act 2005, No. 97/2005
Assent Date: | 7.12.05 |
Commencement Date: | S. 182(Sch. 4 item 54) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2006, No. 29/2006
Assent Date: | 6.6.06 |
Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 39) on 7.6.06: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Accident Compensation and Other Legislation (Amendment) Act 2006, No. 41/2006
Assent Date: | 25.7.06 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 31–47 on 5.8.06: s. 2(5) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009
Assent Date: | 24.11.09 |
Commencement Date: | S. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 67) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Statute Law Amendment (National Health Practitioner Regulation) Act 2010, No. 13/2010
Assent Date: | 30.3.10 |
Commencement Date: | S. 51(Sch. item 60) on 1.7.10: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2011, No. 29/2011
Assent Date: | 21.6.11 |
Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 111) on 22.6.11: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013, No. 67/2013
Assent Date: | 12.11.13 |
Commencement Date: | S. 648 on 1.7.14: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014
Assent Date: | 3.6.14 |
Commencement Date: | S. 10(Sch. item 186) 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 Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
Statute Law Amendment (References to the Sovereign) Act 2023, No. 25/2023
Assent Date: | 5.9.23 |
Commencement Date: | S. 7(Sch. 1 item 35) on 6.9.23: s. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Workers Compensation Act 1958 |
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