Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsThe purposes of this Act are—
(a) to amend the Adoption Act 1984 to facilitate access to and the disclosure of information relating to adoptions and to consequentially amend the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 ; and
(b) to amend the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 to further provide for powers of the Secretary to authorise principal officers of Aboriginal agencies; and
(c) to amend the Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021 to provide for civil penalties for offences relating to risk, consequence and contingency plans and the waste to energy scheme; and
(d) to amend the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Act 2003 to allow the Commissioner to engage in employment outside of the Commissioner's duties with the Minister's approval; and
(e) to amend the Domestic Animals Act 1994 to enable voluntary surrender of certain approvals and licences, to require notification of additional information to a Council, to include a time period for deciding applications made by declared bird organisations, to include additional infringement offences and to make minor and technical changes to that Act; and
(f) to amend the Electricity Industry Act 2000 —
(i) to reduce the period between the determination of the rate payable for purchases of small renewable energy generation electricity for a particular financial year and the beginning of that financial year; and
(ii) to remove certain reporting requirements of the Minister and relevant licensees; and
(g) to amend provisions of the Environment Protection Act 2017 relating to the revocation of registrations, the deposit of waste from vehicles, the redirection of liability to officers of a body corporate, the release of financial assurances from the Environment Protection Authority and the appointment of members of the Governing Board of that Authority; and
(h) to amend the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 to provide for a period of up to 6 years to commence civil proceedings under Division 1 of Part 7 of that Act; and
(i) to amend the Housing Act 1983 so that registered agencies are no longer required to provide the names and addresses of all financial institutions at which the agency holds accounts and the account numbers of those accounts for the purposes of the Register of Housing Agencies; and
(j) to amend the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 and the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Amendment Act 2023 —
(i) to ensure that the grounds on which the Minister may cancel an extractive industry work authority are consistent with the grounds on which the Minister may cancel a licence; and
(ii) to require the Minister to exclude confidential or commercially sensitive information from work plans provided to the public under the transitional provisions of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 inserted by the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Amendment Act 2023 ; and
(iii) to make minor and technical changes; and
(k) to amend the Service Victoria Act 2018 to provide for fees and charges to be imposed for services and products delivered under that Act; and
(l) to amend the Subdivision Act 1988 to further provide for fees payable under that Act and related matters; and
(m) to amend the Transfer of Land Act 1958 to further provide for fees payable under the Act and other related and minor matters; and
(n) to amend the Water Act 1989 in relation to timeframes for submitting Victorian Environmental Water Holder corporate plans and to enable electronic service of notices of special meetings of a water corporation.