Victorian Current Acts

POLICE INFORMANTS ROYAL COMMISSION IMPLEMENTATION MONITOR ACT 2021 - SECT 3

In this Act—

"business day" means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday within the meaning of the Public Holidays Act 1993 ;

"cabinet document "has the same meaning as in section 28(1)(a) to (d) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 ;

S. 3 def. of Chief Commis-sioner inserted by No. 50/2021 s. 134(1).

"Chief Commissioner" means the Chief Commissioner of Police appointed under section 17 of the Victoria Police Act 2013 ;

"Implementation Monitor" means a Police Informants Royal Commission Implementation Monitor appointed under section 7;

"implementation report "means a report prepared by the Implementation Monitors under section 26;

S. 3 def. of Office of the Special Investigator inserted by No. 50/2021 s. 134(1), repealed by No. 31/2023 s. 64.

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"progress report "means a report prepared by the Attorney-General under section 27;

RCMPI recommendation means a recommendation made in the Report
of the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants delivered to the Governor on 30 November 2020;

S. 3 def. of responsible agency amended by No. 50/2021 s. 134(2).

"responsible agency" means any of the following that are required to carry out the implementation of a RCMPI recommendation—

        (a)     in relation to the Department of Justice and Community Safety, the Secretary;

        (b)     in relation to the Department of Premier and Cabinet, the Secretary to the Department of Premier and Cabinet;

        (c)     in relation to Victoria Police, the Chief Commissioner;

        (d)     in relation to the Office of Public Prosecutions, the Director of Public Prosecutions appointed under section 87AB of the Constitution Act 1975 ;

        (e)     the Public Interest Monitor within the meaning of the Public Interest Monitor Act 2011 ;

        (f)     the IBAC within the meaning of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Act 2011 ;

        (g)     in relation to the Victorian Government Solicitor's Office, the Victorian Government Solicitor;

        (h)     the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner (including in their capacity as chief executive officer of the Victorian Legal Services Board) within the meaning of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 ;

              (i)     the Law Institute of Victoria Limited ACN 075 475 731;

        (j)     the Victorian Bar Inc, an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 ;

        (k)     an entity specified in an order under section 5;

"Royal Commission" into the Management of Police Informants means the inquiry conducted by the Commissioners appointed under section 5 of the Inquiries Act 2014 by the Letters Patent dated 13 December 2018 and the amendments to the Letters Patent dated 7 February 2019, copies of which were published in the Government Gazette on those dates;

"Secretary" means Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety;

"Victoria Police" means the body established by section 6 of the Victoria Police Act 2013 .