Source: https://vpsc.vic.gov.au/about-public-sector/register-of-instruments/orders/
Timestamp: 2020-07-14 20:28:45
Document Index: 684310742

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 9', 'art 4', 'art 3', 'art 5', 'art 5', 'art 5', 'art 5', 'art 5']

Orders - VPSC
Page | Updated: 25 June 2020
A list of orders issued by the Governor in Council since the introduction of the Public Administration Act 2004.
Orders are listed chronologically under the following headings. Note that the most recent orders appear first; therefore some orders (such as those dealing with departmental name changes) may have been superseded by a more recent order.
This section of the register is updated when new orders are gazetted. Refer to the Victorian Government Gazette for any formal confirmation.
Section 2 – Relating to when parts of the Act come into Operation
Section 5 – Application of Public Entities definition
Section 6 – Special Bodies
Section 10 – Departments
Section 11 – Administrative Offices
Section 16 – Persons with functions of public service body Head
Section 23 – Executive Employment
Section 25A – Remuneration of executives
Section 75 – Orders relating to the operation of Public Entities
Section 81 – Provision of duties of a Public Entity – exceptions for Advisory Entities
Section 92 – Power to make Public Entities subject to specified whole of government policies
Section 96 – Documents required to be kept by Small Entities – exemptions
Section 104 – Declared Authorities
S2 Orders relating to when parts of the Act come into Operation
Proclamation of Commencements relating to when parts of the Act come into Operation are defined in section 2 of the Public Administration Act.
Proclamation of Commencement (Fixing the date on which Part 2 of the Public Administration Act comes into operation)
Act: Public Administration Act Amendment Act 2009
Issue Date: 7 July 2009
Proclamation of Commencement (Parts of the Act come into Operation)
Act: Public Administration Act
Proclamation of Commencement (Fix 21 December as the day which Sections 1, 2 and Part 9 come into Operation)
Issue Date: 21 December 2004
S5 Orders relating to Public Entities definition
To date, no instruments have been made relating to the public entities definition.
S6 Orders relating to Special Bodies
Special Bodies are defined in section 6 of the Act
To date, no instruments have been made that amend the number of special bodies contained in the Public Administration Act.
S10 Orders relating to Departments Departments are established and abolished through an Order in Council made under section 10 of the Public Administration Act.
Order establishing and renaming departments
Order abolishing and renaming departments
Issue Date: 4 December 2014
Abolition of Departments
Changing the Name of Departments (Departments of Business and Innovation, Transport, and Sustainability and Environment)
Issue Date: 9 April 2013
Order Changing the Name of a Department (Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development)
Issue Date: 2 December 2010
Order Establishing a Department (Department of Health)
Order Changing the Name of a Department (Department of Infrastructure)
Issue Date: 30 April 2008
Establishment, Abolition or Change of name of Departments (Departments of Education and Victorian Communities)
Issue Date: 14 August 2007
Change of Name of a Department effective on 5 April 2006 (Department of Education and Training)
Issue Date: 5 December 2006
Departments & Administrative Offices (Establishment of ten Departments and four Administrative Offices)
S11 Orders relating to Administrative Offices
Administrative Offices are established and abolished through an Order in Council made under section 11 of the Public Administration Act.
Order amending to change the Department in relation to which Bushfire Recovery Victoria is established from the Department of Premier and Cabinet to the Department of Justice and Community Safety
Page Number: 1170
Order amending to change the Department in relation to which Bushfire Recovery Victoria (PDF, 1.81MB)
Order relating to administrative offices (in relation to which the Local Government Inspectorate is established from the Department of Premier and Cabinet to the Department of Justice and Community Safety)
Page Number: 865
Order relating to administrative offices (in relation to which the Local Government Inspectorate is established from the Department of Premier and Cabinet to the Department of Justice and Community Safety) (PDF, 166KB)
Order establishing Mental Health Reform Victoria as an Administrative Office in relation to the Department of Health and Human Services
Order Establishing Mental Health Reform Victoria (PDF, 272KB)
Order establishing the Bushfire Recovery Victoria as an Administrative Office in relation to the Department of Premier and Cabinet
Issue Date: 8 January 2020
Order Establishing Bushfire Recovery Victoria (PDF, 272KB)
Order establishing the Suburban Rail Loop Authority as an administrative office in relation to the Department of Transport
Order Establishing the Suburban Rail Loop Authority (PDF, 263KB)
Order establishing the Major Transport Infrastructure Authority as an administrative office and abolishing five administrative offices
Issue Date: 21 December 2018
Order relating to Administrative Offices (abolishing Environment Protection Authority and changing department in relation to which the Latrobe Valley Authority is established)
Order changing the name of an Administrative Office (Western Distributor Authority becomes the West Gate Tunnel Authority)
Order establishing an Administrative Office (Service Victoria)
Page Number: 1412
Issue Date: 21 June 2018
Order establishing an Administrative Office (Major Road Projects Authority)
Page Number: 1319
Order changing the name of an Administrative Office (Melbourne Metro Rail Authority becomes Rail Projects Victoria)
Order changing the name of an Administrative Office (Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate becomes Local Government Inspectorate)
Order establishing an Administrative Office (Family Safety Victoria)
Page Number: 1362
Order establishing an Administrative Office (Victorian Agency for Health Information)
Page Number: 1361
Order establishing an Administrative Office (North East Link Authority)
Issue Date: 13 December 2016
Order establishing an Administrative Office (Latrobe Valley Authority)
Page Number: 2896
Issue Date: 10 November 2016
Order Establishing an Administrative Office (Safer Care Victoria)
Page Number: 2683
Order Establishing an Administrative Office (Office of Projects Victoria)
Page Number: 1664
Order Establishing an Administrative Office (Western Distributor Authority)
Issue Date: 16 June 2016
Order Abolishing an Administrative Office (Regional Rail Link Authority)
Page Number: 1318
Order Changing Department in Relation to which an Administrative Office is Established (Office of the Victorian Government Architect).
Issue Date: 15 May 2015
Change of Name of Administrative Offices (Moving Victoria – Rail Office, Moving Victoria – Road Office)
Page Number: 980
Issue Date: 7 May 2015
Establishment of Administrative Office (Moving Victoria- Rail Office, Moving Victoria – Road Office).
Order Abolishing an Administrative Office (Office of the Environmental Monitor and Victorian Bushfire, Reconstruction and Recovery Authority)
Order Abolishing an Administrative Office (Office of Living Victoria)
Change of Name of Administrative Offices
Establishment the Administrative Office (Office of Living Victoria)
Issue Date: 22 May 2012
Establishment of an Administrative Office (Office of the Victorian Government Architect)
Page Number: 2415
Issue Date: 20 October 2011
Order Abolishing an Administrative Office (Victorian Multicultural Commission)
Act: Public Administration Act 2004
Page Number: 2056
Issue Date: 1 September 2011
Abolition of an Administrative Office (Implementation Monitor)
Issue Date: 19 April 2011
Establishment of Administrative Office (Implementation Monitor)
Issue Date: 26 October 2010
Establishment of Administrative Office (Regional Rail Link Authority)
Page Number: 1886
Establishment of Administrative Office (Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate)
Declaration of Office to which Part 4 Applies (Establishment of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority)
Act: Project Development and Construction Management Act 1994
Issue Date: 9 April 2009
Abolition of Administrative Office (Office of the Shared Services Centre)
Page Number: 700
Issue Date: 19 March 2009
Establishment of Administrative Office (Victorian Multicultural Commission)
Page Number: 3057
Establishment of an Administrative Office (Office of the Environment Monitor)
Page Number: 3192
Issue Date: 20 December 2007
Establishment of and Change of Name of Administrative Office (Public Records Office)
Issue Date: 13 February 2007
Change of Name of a Department (Department of Education and Training)
Establishment of Administrative Office (Office of the Shared Services Centre)
Page Number: 2389
Issue Date: 27 October 2005
Establishment of an Administrative Office (Office of Child Safety Commissioner)
Page Number: 741
Issue Date: 14 April 2005
S16 Orders relating to Persons with functions of public service body Head
Persons other than Heads of Departments and Administrative Offices with the functions of a public service body Head in relation to employees are listed in section 16 of the Public Administration Act.
Order Specifying Officer Holder with Functions of Public Service Body Head (the Chairperson of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation)
Order Specifying Office Holder with Functions of Public Service Body Head (the Commissioner of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission in relation to the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission)
Page Number: 2427
Order Specifying Office Holder with Functions of Public Service Body Head (the Chairperson of the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation in relation to the office of the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation)
Act: Public Administration Act Page Number: 1
S23 Orders relating to Executive Employment
Orders under section 23(1)(d) and (2) are for the purpose of declaring certain employees in declared authorities to be executives under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act.
Executive Employment (Schedule)
S25A Orders relating to Remuneration of executives
To date, no instruments have been made under S25A relating to the remuneration of executives
S75 Orders relating to the operation of Public Entities
Part 5 may also have been made to apply to bodies in existence prior to 1 July 2005 by way of amendments to the legislation under which they were established.
Application of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 5 (to the Victorian Institute of Teaching)
Application of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 5 of the Public Administrations Act 2004 to Public Entities
Application of Division 2 of Part 5 (Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission)
Application of Division 2 of Part 5 (Centre for Adult Education and Adult Multicultural Education Service)
Page Number: 2260
S81 Orders relating to duties of entities – exceptions for Advisory Entities
No instruments to date.
To date, no instruments have been made under S81.
S92 Orders relating to the power to make Public Entities subject to specified whole of government policies
Victorian Government Public Entity Executive Remuneration Policy
Page Number: 2434
S96 Orders relating to documents required to be kept by Small Entities – exemptions
S104 Orders relating to Declared Authorities
Declared Authorities are established and abolished through an Order in Council made under section 104 of the Public Administration Act.
Order Declaring the State Owned Enterprise for Irrigation Modernisation in Northern Victoria to be a Declared Authority and Specifying Other Matters
Issue Date: 18 June 2012
Declaration of Cenitex to be a Declared Authority
Declared Authorities (Schedule)
The Victorian Public Sector Commission is required by section 70 of the Public Administration Act 2004 to produce an annual report.
The State of the Public Sector in Victoria
Each year the Victorian Public Sector Commission produces The State of the Public Sector in Victoria Report.