Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION (FURTHER AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (NO 79 OF 2006) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General Act 1972 with respect to pension entitlements;

        (b)     to amend the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 and the Casino Control Act 1991 in relation to training courses for licensed gaming industry employees and licensed casino employees;

        (c)     to amend the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995 to enable the Director of the Classification Board to exempt certain organisations from the operation of that Act;

        (d)     to amend the Confiscation Act 1997 to provide further for applications for restraining orders, applications for exclusion from civil forfeiture orders and execution of disposal orders and to make an amendment of a statute law revision nature;

        (e)     to amend the Corrections and Sentencing Acts (Home Detention) Act 2003 so as to allow the home detention program to continue indefinitely;

        (f)     to amend the Council of Law Reporting in Victoria Act 1967 to increase the number of members appointed by professional associations;

        (g)     to amend the Equal Opportunity Act 1995 —

              (i)         to add to and update a number of definitions relating to workplace relations;

              (ii)     to provide a mechanism for representative complaints;

              (iii)     to allow the Commission to delegate certain powers or functions to staff members;

        (h)     to amend the Infringements Act 2006 with respect to the period for lodgement of details of an infringement penalty and prescribed costs in respect of an infringement offence under certain Acts;

              (i)     to amend the Judicial College of Victoria Act 2001 to include judicial registrars of the Magistrates' Court as judicial officers for the purposes of that Act;

        (j)     to amend the Juries Act 2000 with respect to jury pools and panels;

        (k)     to amend the Legal Profession Act 2004 —

              (i)     to reflect amendments to the national model provisions for the regulation of the legal profession;

              (ii)     generally to improve the operation of the Act;

        (l)     to amend the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 to include additional classes of person who may witness statements to be tendered at committal proceedings;

        (m)     to amend the Professional Standards Act 2003 in relation to professional indemnity insurance;

        (n)     to amend the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 to clarify its application in relation to certain kinds of offender;

        (o)     to amend the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 with respect to—

              (i)     the issue of injunctions and declarations;

              (ii)     the summary dismissal of proceedings;

              (iii)     the granting of bail to persons arrested and brought before VCAT;

              (iv)     the power to impose sentences of imprisonment for contempt of VCAT;

        (p)     to amend the Victorian Law Reform Commission Act 2000 with respect to the appointment of an acting chairperson;

        (q)     to amend the Working with Children Act 2005 to apply the complete definition of "child-related work" for the purposes of the whole Act subject to certain exceptions;

        (r)     to amend the Fair Trading Act 1999 and other Consumer Acts to allow inspectors to monitor compliance with those Acts;

        (s)     to make amendments of a statute law revision nature to certain Acts.