Minister: Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Training and Skills
Agency: Department of Justice and Attorney-General


Justice and Other Information Disclosure Act 2008 No. 40

Effective Date Publication Date Amendments Included Notes
11 June 2008
29 March 2010 2009 Act No. 34
12 June 2010

provs exp 11 June 2010

17 September 2012 2012 Act No. 5
01 July 2016 04 August 2016 2016 Act No. 39
09 March 2017 09 March 2017 2016 Act No. 62
29 January 2018 23 January 2018 2017 Act No. 41
29 March 2018 29 July 2021 2018 Act No. 5
27 September 2021 27 September 2021 2019 Act No. 26
31 October 2022 03 November 2022 2022 Act No. 7
02 June 2023 02 June 2023 2023 Act No. 14

Justice and Other Information Disclosure Act 2008 No. 40

date of assent 11 June 2008

commenced on date of assent

Juvenile Justice and Other Acts Amendment Act 2009 No. 34 ss 1, 2(2), 45(1)–(2) sch pt 1 amdt 22, pt 2 amdt 37

date of assent 17 September 2009

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 29 March 2010 (2010 SL No. 37)

Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 No. 5 ss 1–2, 230 sch 1 pt 2

date of assent 17 February 2012

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

remaining provisions commenced 17 September 2012 (see s 2)

Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2016 No. 39

date of assent 27 June 2016

ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent

pts 2–4, s 37 sch 1 comm 1 July 2016 immediately after the comm of the Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2016 (see s 2)

Serious and Organised Crime Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No. 62

date of assent 09 December 2016

pt 7 div 3, pts 17–18, 21 div 3, pt 22, s 396(4)–(7), pt 30 div 3, sch 1 pt 2 comm 9 March 2017 see s 2(1))

Penalties and Sentences (Drug and Alcohol Treatment Orders) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No. 41

date of assent 27 October 2017

pt 2, ss 1416, pt 6, ss 32, 35 comm 29 January 2018 (2017 SL No. 231)

Hospital Foundations Act 2018 No. 5

date of assent 29 March 2018

ss 12, pt 10 div 2 sdivs 1–2, div 3 sdivs 1–2 and divs 5–8 comm on date of assent

Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 No. 26

date of assent 26 September 2019

ch 1 (other than pts 1, 4 divs 1–3), 2–6, 7 pts 1–2, ss 225(2), 226, pt 3 div 2, pts 4, 5 (other than s 240), chs 8–9, sch 2 comm 27 September 2021 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA(2) (2020 SL No. 150))

Child Protection Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 7

date of assent 20 May 2022

s 132 sch 1 comm 31 October 2022 (see s 2(d)–(e) and 2022 SL No. 149)

Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2023 No. 11

date of assent 02 May 2023

sch 1 pt 2 not yet proclaimed into force (see s 2(e))

Corrective Services (Emerging Technologies and Security) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 14

date of assent 02 June 2023

sch 1 comm on date of assent

Public Records Act 2023 No. 33

date of assent 04 December 2023

s 107 sch 5 not yet proclaimed into force (see s 2)

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Long title amd 2017 No. 41 s 20

s 3 amd 2017 No. 41 s 21

s 5 (m) exp 11 June 2010 (see s 17(3))

amd 2009 No. 34 s 45 (2) sch pt 2 amdt 37

pt 2A hdg ins 2017 No. 41 s 22

s 6A ins 2017 No. 41 s 22

s 6B ins 2017 No. 41 s 22

s 6C ins 2017 No. 41 s 22

s 6D ins 2017 No. 41 s 22

s 6E ins 2017 No. 41 s 22

s 8 (j) exp 11 June 2010 (see s 17(3))

s 10 amd 2017 No. 41 s 23

s 11 sub 2017 No. 41 s 24

s 12 amd 2009 No. 34 s 45 (1) sch pt 1 amdt 22; 2017 No. 41 s 25; 2022 No. 7 s 132 sch 1

s 13 amd 2017 No. 41 s 26

s 14 amd 2017 No. 41 s 27

s 15 amd 2017 No. 41 s 28

s 16 amd 2017 No. 41 s 29

sch def chief executive, of a child protection agency, amd 2009 No. 34 s 45(2) sch pt 2 amdt 37; 2017 No. 41 s 30(2)

sch def chief executive, of a treatment order agency, ins 2017 No. 41 s 30(1)

amd 2018 No. 5 s 159(1); 2019 No. 26 s 290 sch 2

sch def chief executive (justice) ins 2017 No. 41 s 30(1)

sch def chief executive (youth justice) amd 2009 No. 34 s 45(1)–(2) sch pt 1 amdt 22, pt 2 amdt 37

sch def community based order amd 2009 No. 34 s 45(1) sch pt 1 amdt 22

sch def criminal justice agency amd 2009 No. 34 s 45(1) sch pt 1 amdt 22

sch def detention centre amd 2009 No. 34 s 45(1) sch pt 1 amdt 22; 2023 No. 14 s 52 sch 1

sch def detention centre employee amd 2009 No. 34 s 45(1) sch pt 1 amdt 22

sch def domestic violence order amd 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 2

sch def justice proceeding amd 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 2; 2016 No. 62 s 493 sch 1 pt 2

sch def person in the criminal justice system amd 2009 No. 34 s 45(1) sch pt 1 amdt 22; 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 2; 2016 No. 39 s 37 sch 1; 2016 No. 62 s 493 sch 1 pt 2

sch def receiving agency amd 2017 No. 41 s 30(3)

sch def sending agency amd 2017 No. 41 s 30(4)

sch def service provider ins 2017 No. 41 s 30(1)

sch def supervised release order amd 2009 No. 34 s 45(1) sch pt 1 amdt 22

sch def treatment order ins 2017 No. 41 s 30(1)

sch def treatment order agency ins 2017 No. 41 s 30(1)

amd 2018 No. 5 s 159(2); 2019 No. 26 s 290 sch 2

sch def treatment order information ins 2017 No. 41 s 30(1)

sch def treatment order purpose ins 2017 No. 41 s 30(1)

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