Legislative Process
An Act begins as a Bill, which is introduced to Parliament based on recommendations from a variety of sources (e.g., cabinet or government departments, law reform commission or public enquiries) and then goes through the process outlined below.
The following flowchart demonstrates the legislative process of the Parliament of Victoria. Click on the plus icons to explore.
How Parliament makes laws in Victoria
This clip, produced by the Parliament of Victoria, explains the parliamentary process behind making legislation.
Parliament of Australia - Progress of a Bill
If you are interested in how Bills are passed through Parliament of Australia, the Parliamentary Education Office, has a good graphic flowchart called: The Usual Path of a Bill.
CC Image taken from the Parliamentary Education Office of the Parliament of Australia. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Further resources
For more information about the interpretation of legislation, see:
Chapter 2 of Kath Hall and Claire Macken, Statutory Interpretation: Principles and Context (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2020). https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy-b.deakin.edu.au/lib/deakin/reader.action?docID=6381951