Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES AMENDMENT (MANSLAUGHTER AND RELATED OFFENCES) ACT 2020 (NO. 16 OF 2020)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF CRIMES ACT 1958

   3.      Punishment of manslaughter  
   4.      Child homicide  
   5.      New sections 5B and 5C inserted  
   6.      Provision for trial for murder or manslaughter in Victoria where death or cause of death only happens in Victoria  
   7.      Alternative verdicts on charge of murder  
   8.      Schedule 9 amended  
   9.      New section 637 inserted  

   PART 3--AMENDMENT OF OTHER ACTS

           Division 1--Amendment of Bail Act 1977

   10.     Schedule 2 amended  

           Division 2--Amendment of Children, Youth and Families Act 2005

   11.     Definitions  
   12.     Procedure for indictable offences that may be heard and determined summarily  
   13.     Jurisdiction of Criminal Division  
   14.     Joint committal proceedings  

           Division 3--Amendment of Corrections Act 1986

   15.     Definitions  
   16.     Statute law revision  

           Division 4--Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 2009

   17.     Definitions  
   18.     Category A and Category B serious youth offences—transfer  
   19.     Determination of application where fresh and compelling evidence  

           Division 5--Amendment of Magistrates' Court Act 1989

   20.     Extent of jurisdiction  

           Division 6--Amendment of Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004

   21.     Workplace manslaughter  
   22.     New Division 3 of Part 15 inserted  

           Division 7--Amendment of Sentencing Act 1991

   23.     Definitions—Part 1  
   24.     Definitions—Part 4, Division 4  
   25.     Schedule 1 amended  

           Division 8--Amendment of Serious Offenders Act 2018

   26.     Schedule 2 amended  

   PART 4--REPEAL OF THIS ACT

   27.     Repeal of this Act  
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