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VICTIMS RIGHTS AND SUPPORT ACT 2013 - NOTES

- As at 6 May 2025 - Act 37 of 2013

See also--

Victims Legislation Amendment (Victims Registers) Bill 2025

Historical notes

Table of amending instruments

Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 No 37. Assented to 3.6.2013. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. This Act has been amended by cl 3 (3) of Sch 2 to this Act and as follows--

2013 No 95 Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.149, 1.1.2014, sec 2.
No 111 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2013. Assented to 3.12.2013.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1).
2015 No 58 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2015. Assented to 24.11.2015.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 15.1.2016, sec 2 (3).
No 69 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment (Exemptions Consolidation) Act 2015. Assented to 24.11.2015.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2016, sec 2 and 2015 (805) LW 18.12.2015.
2016 No 48 Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Act 2016. Assented to 18.10.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.12.2016, sec 2 (1) and 2016 (674) LW 15.11.2016.
2017 No 6 Fines Amendment Act 2017. Assented to 14.3.2017.
Date of commencement, 7 days after assent, sec 2.
No 55 Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals and Guilty Pleas) Act 2017. Assented to 24.10.2017.
Date of commencement, 30.4.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (164) LW 27.4.2018.
2018 No 30 Modern Slavery Act 2018. Assented to 27.6.2018.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2022, sec 2.
No 33 Criminal Legislation Amendment (Child Sexual Abuse) Act 2018. Assented to 27.6.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 5.15, 1.12.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (671) LW 30.11.2018.
No 34 Victims Rights and Support Amendment (Statutory Review) Act 2018. Assented to 27.6.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]-[15] and [17]-[20], 14.1.2019, sec 2 and 2018 (738) LW 14.12.2018; date of commencement of Sch 1 [16], 1.12.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (677) LW 30.11.2018.
No 70 Government Sector Finance Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018. Assented to 22.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (673) LW 30.11.2018.
No 83 Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2018. Assented to 28.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 2 (except Sch 2 [2]), 14.1.2019, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (737) LW 14.12.2018; date of commencement of Sch 2 [2], 14.1.2019, sec 2 (2) and 2018 (738) LW 14.12.2018.
No 85 Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Amendment (Victims) Act 2018. Assented to 28.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 6, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 86 Victims Rights and Support Amendment (Motor Vehicles) Act 2018. Assented to 28.11.2018.
Date of commencement, 14.1.2019, sec 2 and 2018 (739) LW 14.12.2018.
No 87 Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 3) 2018. Assented to 28.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.26, 4.2.2019, sec 2 (2) and 2019 (17) LW 25.1.2019.
2020 No 12 Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020. Assented to 23.6.2020.
Date of commencement, 27.3.2021, sec 2 and 2021 (116) LW 19.3.2021.
No 30 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020.
Date of commencement of amendments made by Sch 4, 22.1.2021, sec 2(4).
No 31 Stronger Communities Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.7, assent, sec 2(1).
2023 No 7 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023. Assented to 3.7.2023.
Date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2.
No 35 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2023. Assented to 30.10.2023.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2(c).
No 41 Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2023. Assented to 5.12.2023.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2024, sec 2 and 2024 (131) LW 26.4.2024.
2024 No 60 Police Amendment (Police Officer Support Scheme) Act 2024. Assented to 27.9.2024.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2(a).
No 92 Victims Rights and Support Amendment (Victims Support Counselling) Act 2024. Assented to 2.12.2024.
Date of commencement, 1.2.2025, sec 2 and 2025 (15) LW 31.1.2025.
This Act has been amended by sec 30C of the Interpretation Act 1987 No 15.

Table of amendments

Sec 3 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [1]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.93 [1]; 2018 No 85, Sch 6 [1] [2]; 2018 No 87, Sch 1.26 [1]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.19[1]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[1] [2].
Sec 5 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[1]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[3].
Sec 6A Ins 2018 No 85, Sch 6 [3]. Am 2020 No 12, Sch 3.19[2].
Sec 7 Am 2018 No 85, Sch 6 [4].
Sec 8 Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.93 [2] [3].
Sec 10 Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.93 [4]; 2018 No 85, Sch 6 [5]; 2018 No 87, Sch 1.26 [2]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.19[3] [4].
Sec 13 Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.93 [5].
Sec 14 Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.93 [3] [5]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.66.
Sec 15 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [1].
Sec 16 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [2]; 2018 No 87, Sch 1.26 [3].
Sec 16A Ins 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 17 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[2]. Subst 2024 No 92, Sch 1[4].
Sec 18 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[2A]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[5].
Sec 19 Am 2018 No 33, Sch 5.15 [1]-[3]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[6].
Sec 19A Ins 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[3].
Sec 19AB Ins 2024 No 92, Sch 1[7].
Sec 20 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[4].
Sec 22 Am 2024 No 92, Sch 1[8]-[11].
Sec 23 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[5]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[12].
Sec 25 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[5A]; 2018 No 83, Sch 2 [1]; 2018 No 86, Sch 1 [1]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[13]-[15].
Sec 26 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[5A].
Sec 27 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[5A].
Sec 29 Am 2024 No 92, Sch 1[16] [17].
Sec 29A Ins 2024 No 92, Sch 1[18].
Sec 30 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[6].
Sec 30A Ins 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[6A]. Subst 2024 No 92, Sch 1[19].
Sec 31 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[7]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[20].
Sec 32 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[8] [9]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[21] [22].
Sec 34 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[9A]; 2018 No 33, Sch 5.15 [4].
Sec 35 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[9A]; 2018 No 33, Sch 5.15 [5] [6].
Sec 36 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[9A] [9B]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 37 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[9B].
Sec 38 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[10]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[23].
Sec 39 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[11]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2018 No 83, Sch 2 [2].
Sec 40 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[9A] [12]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [4]-[6]; 2023 No 7, Sch 1.21[1].
Sec 41A Ins 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 42 Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.93 [3] [6].
Sec 43 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[13]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [8]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[24].
Sec 44 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[14] [15]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [9] [10]; 2018 No 86, Sch 1 [2]; 2024 No 60, Sch 3.4; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[25]-[28].
Sec 45 Subst 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [4].
Sec 46 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[15A]; 2020 No 31, Sch 2.7[1].
Sec 48 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[16]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 49 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [2]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 50 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [3] [4].
Sec 51 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [5].
Sec 52 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [6] [7].
Sec 53 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [8].
Sec 56 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [5].
Sec 58 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [6]; 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[17]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 59 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [7] [8].
Sec 60 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [8]-[11].
Sec 61 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [12] [13].
Sec 62 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [14].
Sec 63 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [7] [15] [16].
Sec 64 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [9]; 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [17]-[19].
Sec 65 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [10] [11].
Sec 66 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [12]-[15]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 67 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [16]-[18]; 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [12] [20] [21].
Sec 68 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [10] [22]-[24].
Sec 69 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [12] [25].
Sec 70 Rep 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [19]. Ins 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [26].
Secs 70A, 70B Ins 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [26].
Sec 71 Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.149 [20]; 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [27]-[29].
Sec 72 Subst 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [30].
Sec 73 Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.93 [3]. Subst 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [30].
Sec 74 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [31].
Sec 75 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [32]; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.116.
Secs 76, 77 Rep 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [33].
Sec 79 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[19].
Sec 83 Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7[20].
Sec 99 Am 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 101 Am 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [16].
Sec 105 Am 2016 No 48, Sch 2.36; 2024 No 41, Sch 2.34.
Sec 106 Am 2017 No 55, Sch 3.9.
Sec 110 Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.93 [5].
Sec 112A Ins 2015 No 69, Sch 2.3. Am 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [17]; 2023 No 35, Sch 4.43.
Sec 113 Am 2013 No 111, Sch 1.14 [1] [2]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [18]; 2023 No 7, Sch 1.21[2].
Sec 118 Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C.
Sch 1 Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.93 [7].
Sch 2 Am 2017 No 6, Sch 2 [34]; 2018 No 34, Sch 1 [19] [20]; 2018 No 83, Sch 2 [3]; 2018 No 86, Sch 1 [3]; 2020 No 31, Sch 2.7[2]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1[29].
Sch 3 Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C.
Sch 4 Rep 2013 No 37, cl 3 (3) of Sch 2.


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