Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 26 OF 2023) - SECT 20

    (1)     In section 21(1) of the Spent Convictions Act 2021 —

        (a)     in paragraph (b), for "function." substitute "function; or";

        (b)     after paragraph (b) insert —

    "(c)     to any person or body, including the following, for the purpose of that person or body conducting research, statistical analysis or modelling—

              (i)     the Australian Bureau of Statistics;

              (ii)     the Chief Statistician;

              (iii)     the Statistician;

              (iv)     the Sentencing Advisory Council;

              (v)     a Department.".

    (2)     In section 21(3)(a) of the Spent Convictions Act 2021 , for "legal proceedings before the" substitute "a legal proceeding before a".

    (3)     After section 21(3) of the Spent Convictions Act 2021 insert —

    "(3A)     A court or tribunal may collect or use, or disclose as part of the disclosure of the criminal record of a person or information contained in the criminal record of a person, a spent conviction or information relating to a spent conviction—

        (a)     to the Council of Law Reporting or a licensee of the Council for the purpose of preparing or publishing—

              (i)     a decision of a court or tribunal; or

              (ii)     a report of a proceeding in a court or tribunal; or

        (b)     to a person or body given access to a record kept by or on behalf of a court or tribunal—

              (i)     by or under any other enactment; or

              (ii)     at the discretion of a court in the exercise of its implied jurisdiction and, in the case of the Supreme Court, its inherent jurisdiction.".

    (4)     For section 21(5) of the Spent Convictions Act 2021 substitute —

    "(5)     Subsections (1) and (2) apply to the disclosure of a spent conviction or information relating to a spent conviction by a person who is—

        (a)     employed or contracted by a law enforcement agency or a member of a law enforcement agency; and

        (b)     acting in the course of the person's duty.

    (6)     Subsections (1), (2), (3) and (3A) apply to the collection, use or disclosure of a spent conviction or information relating to a spent conviction by a person who is—

        (a)     employed or contracted by a court or tribunal; and

        (b)     acting in the course of the person's duty.".