Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DISCLOSURE AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2022 (NO. 1 OF 2022) - SECT 1

The purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 —

              (i)     to further provide for the disclosure obligations of informants; and

              (ii)     to require informants in certain proceedings to identify relevant information, documents or things that are not contained in the brief and to disclose the reason why they are not in the brief; and

              (iii)     to provide for procedural aspects of applications to a court for orders relating to non-disclosure; and

              (iv)     to clarify that evidence that relates to the credibility of a witness for the prosecution is relevant to the criminal proceeding and must be disclosed; and

        (b)     to amend the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 , the Supreme Court Act 1986 and the Constitution Act 1975 and to make consequential amendments to other Acts to provide for a person to hold a dual commission as the Chief Magistrate and a Judge of the Supreme Court; and

        (c)     to amend the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 and make consequential amendments to the Victims' Charter Act 2006 to broaden sentence indications in the higher courts; and

        (ca)     to amend the Victims' Charter Act 2006 in relation to information required to be given to victims; and

        (d)     to amend the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 to provide for the making of applications for personal safety intervention orders by a declaration of truth; and

        (e)     to amend the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 to further provide for the jurisdiction and Rules of the Family Division of the Children's Court of Victoria; and

        (f)     to amend the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 and the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 in relation to giving evidence remotely in proceedings relating to family violence.