Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2005 (NO 17 OF 2005) - SECT 1

The purposes of this Act are to—

        (a)     amend the Legal Aid Act 1978 to—

              (i)     facilitate the provision of alternative dispute resolution programs by VLA;

              (ii)     provide for the confidentiality of information compiled for, or arising out of, alternative dispute resolution programs;

              (iii)         ensure that evidence arising out of an alternative dispute resolution program is not admissible in any court or legal proceeding except in limited circumstances;

              (iv)     provide alternative dispute resolution conference chairpersons with limited immunity;

        (b)     amend the Summer Time Act 1972 and the Supreme Court Act 1986 to change standard time in Victoria from Greenwich Mean Time to Co-ordinated Universal Time;

        (c)     amend the Victorian Law Reform Commission Act 2000 to provide for Victorian Law Reform Commission interim and final reports to be sent to Parliament when Parliament is out of session.