Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (PUBLIC ORDER) ACT 2017 (NO. 32 OF 2017) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Summary Offences Act 1966 to require Councils to consult with Victoria Police before issuing a permit relating to a public protest; and

        (b)     to amend the Control of Weapons Act 1990 to provide police officers with the power within a designated area to direct a person to leave the area in specified circumstances; and

        (c)     to amend the Crimes Act 1958 to abolish the common law offences of affray, rout and riot and to create new statutory offences of affray and violent disorder; and

        (d)     to make consequential amendments to the Crimes Act 1958 and other Acts.