Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES AMENDMENT (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2016 (NO. 47 OF 2016)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF CRIMES ACT 1958

   3.      Subdivision (5) of Division 1 of Part I of the Crimes Act 1958 substituted  
   4.      Consent  
   5.      Section 35 substituted  
   6.      Objectives of Subdivisions 8A to 8G  
   7.      Guiding principles  
   8.      Heading to Subdivision (8A) of Division 1 of Part I of the Crimes Act 1958 substituted  
   9.      Sections 37C to 37H repealed  
   10.     Rape  
   11.     Rape by compelling sexual penetration  
   12.     Sexual assault  
   13.     Sexual assault by compelling sexual touching  
   14.     Threat to commit a sexual offence  
   15.     Subdivision (8A) of Division 1 of Part I of the Crimes Act 1958 amended  
   16.     Division 1 of Part I of the Crimes Act 1958 amended  
   17.     Abrogation of obsolete rules of law  
   18.     Repeal of Subdivisions (13) and (14) of Division 1 of Part I  
   19.     Maximum term of imprisonment for certain common law offences  
   20.     Confidentiality  
   21.     Alternative verdicts for certain charges of sexual offences  
   22.     New section 629 inserted  
   23.     Schedule 8—forensic sample offences  

   PART 3--AMENDMENT OF SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1966

   24.     Obscene, indecent, threatening language and behaviour etc. in public  
   25.     Section 19 substituted  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF JURY DIRECTIONS ACT 2015

   26.     Application of Division  
   27.     Direction on consent  
   28.     Direction on reasonable belief in consent  
   29.     What must be proved beyond reasonable doubt  
   30.     New clause 2 of Schedule 1 inserted  

   PART 5--AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN ACTS

   31.     Accident Towing Services Act 2007  
   32.     Bus Safety Act 2009  
   33.     Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005  
   34.     Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995  
   35.     Confiscation Act 1997  
   36.     Confiscation Act 1997—new section 191 inserted  
   37.     Criminal Procedure Act 2009  
   38.     Education and Training Reform Act 2006  
   39.     Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958  
   40.     Judicial Proceedings Reports Act 1958  
   41.     Sentencing Act 1991  
   42.     Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009  
   43.     Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004  
   44.     Sex Work Act 1994  
   45.     Summary Offences Act 1966  
   46.     Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983  
   47.     Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996  
   48.     Victoria Police Act 2013  
   49.     Working with Children Act 2005  

   PART 6--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   50.     Repeal of amending Act  
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