Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CANCELLATION OF PAROLE AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2013 (NO. 15 OF 2013) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Corrections Act 1986 —

              (i)         to provide for the cancellation of parole in circumstances where a prisoner is charged with or convicted or found guilty of certain offences while on parole; and

              (ii)     to clarify the powers of the Adult Parole Board in relation to electronic monitoring; and

        (b)     to amend the Surveillance Devices Act 1999 in relation to electronic monitoring; and

        (c)     to amend the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 in relation to proceedings in the Family Division of the Children's Court to clarify the circumstances in which—

              (i)     a child may be legally represented; and

              (ii)     a child is sufficiently mature to give instructions to a legal practitioner.