Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Optical Dispensers Act 1963 No 35. Assented to 2.10.1963. Date of commencement, 1.2.1964, sec 1 (2) and GG No 9 of 24.1.1964, p 182. This Act has been amended as follows:

1965	No 33	Decimal Currency Act 1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (2), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
1969	No 57	Optometrists and Optical Dispensers (Amendment) Act 1969. Assented to 17.10.1969. Date of commencement, 28.11.1969, sec 1 (2) and GG No 139 of 28.11.1969, p 4840.
1972	No 48	Reprints Act 1972. Assented to 9.10.1972.
	No 63	Health Commission Act 1972. Assented to 23.11.1972. Date of commencement of Sch, Part 1, 30.4.1973, sec 2 (c) and GG No 53 of 27.4.1973, p 1428.
1982	No 138	Miscellaneous Acts (Health Administration) Amendment Act 1982. Assented to 15.12.1982. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 17.12.1982, sec 2 (2) and GG No 177 of 17.12.1982, p 5869.
1985	No 68	Optical Dispensers (Amendment) Act 1985. Assented to 15.5.1985. Date of commencement, 1.2.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 18 of 31.1.1986, p 421.
1987	No 48	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.
	No 275	Health Legislation (Reasons for Decisions) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 276	Optical Dispensers (Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Sch 1 (1) (2) (4) and (10) were not commenced and were repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112; date of commencement of Sch 1 (3) and (5)–(9), 1.1.2003, sec 2 (1) and GG No 264 of 27.12.2002, p 11103. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
1990	No 12	Health Professional Boards Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 7.6.1990. Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5387.
	No 46	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990. Assented to 22.6.1990. Date of commencement of items (1) and (2) of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Optical Dispensers Act 1963, assent, sec 2; date of commencement of items (3) and (4) of those provisions, 31.8.1990, Sch 1 and GG No 109 of 31.8.1990, p 7845.
1993	No 105	Health Care Complaints Act 1993. Assented to 2.12.1993. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 3 relating to the Optical Dispensers Act 1963, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 1.7.1994, p 3239.
	No 108	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1993. Assented to 2.12.1993. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Optical Dispensers Act 1963, assent, Sch 1.
1994	No 19	Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1994. Assented to 16.5.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 1.7.1994, p 3240.
1995	No 16	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.
1997	No 11	Friendly Societies (New South Wales) Act 1997. Assented to 21.5.1997. Date of commencement, 1.10.1997, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 26.9.1997, p 8179.
1999	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2.44, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.141, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2004	No 87	Health Legislation Further Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 30.11.2004. Date of commencement, 1.1.2005, sec 2 and GG No 200 of 17.12.2004, p 9305.
2006	No 2	Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 124	Health Legislation Amendment (Unregistered Health Practitioners) Act 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2007	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2009	No 61	Occupational Licensing Legislation Amendment (Regulatory Reform) Act 2009. Assented to 16.9.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 4.8, assent, sec 2 (1).

This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 17.5.1977 and published in GG No 50 of 20.5.1977, p 1978, declaring that the Optical Dispensers Act 1963 is an enactment to which secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995.

Sec 2	Am 1969 No 57, sec 3 (a); 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (1); 1990 No 12, Sch 1; 2004 No 87, Sch 4 [1]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.44 [1]; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.6 [1] [2].
Sec 3	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (2).
Sec 4	Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.44 [2].
Sec 5	Rep 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (3).
Sec 6	Am 1972 No 63, Sch; 1982 No 138, Sch 1; 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (4); 1999 No 85, Sch 2.44.
Sec 7	Am 1972 No 63, Sch; 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (5).
Sec 8	Rep 1990 No 46, Sch 1.
Sec 9	Am 1982 No 138, Sch 1.
Sec 10	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (6).
Sec 11	Am 1972 No 63, Sch. Subst 1982 No 138, Sch 1.
Sec 12	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (7). Subst 1987 No 276, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 13	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (8); 1990 No 46, Sch 1.
Sec 15	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (9).
Sec 18	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (10). Subst 1990 No 12, Sch 1. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.44 [3].
Sec 19	Am 1990 No 12, Sch 1.
Sec 20	Subst 1985 No 68, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 21	Am 1990 No 46, Sch 1; 1993 No 108, Sch 1.
Sec 22	Subst 1985 No 68, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 22A	Ins 1985 No 68, Sch 1 (2). Am 1987 No 276, Sch 1 (5).
Sec 22B	Ins 1985 No 68, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 23	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (11); 1990 No 46, Sch 1.
Sec 24	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (12).
Sec 25	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.141 [1]; 2006 No 120, Sch 3.20; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.6 [3].
Sec 25A	Ins 1993 No 105, Sch 3. Am 2006 No 124, Sch 3.6 [4].
Sec 26	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (13).
Sec 26A	Ins 1987 No 275, Sch 1. Am 2006 No 124, Sch 3.6 [5] [6].
Sec 27	Am 2006 No 124, Sch 3.6 [7] [8].
Sec 28	Am 1969 No 57, sec 3 (b); 1985 No 68, Schs 1 (3), 2 (14); 1987 No 276, Sch 1 (6); 1997 No 11, Sch 1.12.
Sec 29	Am 1987 No 276, Sch 1 (7).
Sec 29A	Ins 1985 No 68, Sch 1 (4). Am 1987 No 276, Sch 1 (8). Subst 2004 No 87, Sch 4 [2].
Secs 30, 31	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.141 [2].
Sec 32	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 2 (15); 1987 No 276, Sch 1 (9); 2007 No 94, Sch 4.
Sec 33	Subst 1985 No 68, Sch 1 (5).
Secs 33A, 33B	Ins 2006 No 124, Sch 3.6 [9].
Sec 34	Am 1985 No 68, Sch 1 (16). Subst 1990 No 12, Sch 1.
Sec 35	Am 1985 No 68, Schs 1 (6), 2 (17) (18); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1994 No 19, Sch 4.
Sec 36	Ins 2004 No 87, Sch 4 [3].
Sch 1	Ins 2004 No 87, Sch 4 [3]. Am 2006 No 124, Sch 3.6 [10]–[12]; 2009 No 61, Sch 4.8 [1] [2].