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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Children, Youth and Families Amendment (Youth
Offenders) Bill 2016
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1 Purposes 1
2 Commencement 2
3 Reports by Youth Parole Board 2
4 New section 458A inserted 2
5 Repeal of amending Act 3
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Endnotes 4
1 General information 4
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Introduced in the Council by Ms Georgie Crozier
Children, Youth and Families
Amendment (Youth Offenders)
Bill 2016
A Bill for an Act to amend the Children, Youth and Families
Act 2005 to provide for the safety and protection of the community in
the administration of the youth parole system and for other purposes.
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purposes
The principal purposes of this Act are to amend
the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005--
(a) to require the Youth Parole Board to give
5 paramount consideration to the safety and
protection of the community when making
decisions relating to parole; and
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(b) to require the Youth Parole Board to include
in its annual report the number of persons
who have committed serious offences while
released on parole.
5 2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into
operation on a day or days to be proclaimed.
(2) If a provision of this Act does not come into
operation before 1 July 2017, it comes into
10 operation on that day.
3 Reports by Youth Parole Board
(1) After section 452(1)(ab) of the Children, Youth
and Families Act 2005 insert--
"(ac) the number of persons convicted during that
15 period of a serious offence committed while
released on parole by the Board; and".
(2) After section 452(4) of the Children, Youth and
Families Act 2005 insert--
"(5) In this section--
20 serious offence has the same meaning as
in section 72 of the Corrections
Act 1986.".
4 New section 458A inserted
After section 458 of the Children, Youth and
25 Families Act 2005 insert--
"458A Safety and protection of the community
paramount in parole decisions
The Youth Parole Board must give
paramount consideration to the safety and
30 protection of the community in determining
whether--
(a) a person is to be released on or granted
parole; or
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(b) to revoke a parole order; or
(c) to amend or vary the terms and
conditions to which a parole order
is subject.".
5 5 Repeal of amending Act
This Act is repealed on 1 July 2018.
Note
The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation
of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the
10 Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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Endnotes
Endnotes
1 General information
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By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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