Victorian Numbered Acts

CORRECTIONS LEGISLATION FURTHER AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 64 OF 2017) - SECT 3

    (1)     In section 3(1) of the Corrections Act 1986 insert the following definitions—

""Board" means the Adult Parole Board established by section 61;

"security officer" means a security officer employed under Part 4;

"serious violent offence" means any of the following—

        (a)     an offence to which clause 2 of Schedule 1 to the Sentencing Act 1991 applies;

        (b)     an offence against any of the following provisions of the Crimes Act 1958 —

              (i)     section 9AD as in force immediately before its repeal by  section 3(3) of the Crimes Amendment (Abolition of Defensive Homicide) Act 2014 ;

              (ii)     section 75A (armed robbery);

              (iii)     section 77 (aggravated burglary);

              (iv)     section 77A (home invasion);

              (v)     section 77B (aggravated home invasion);

              (vi)     section 79 (carjacking);

              (vii)     section 79A (aggravated carjacking);

              (viii)     section 197A (arson causing death);

              (ix)     section 325(1) (accessories) in circumstances where the principal offender has committed murder;

        (c)     false imprisonment;

        (d)     an offence of conspiracy to commit, incitement to commit or attempt to commit an offence referred to in paragraph (b) or (c);

        (e)     any other offence, whether committed in Victoria or elsewhere, the necessary elements of which consist of elements that constitute an offence referred to in paragraph (b), (c) or (d);

"sexual offence" (except in section 56AC) means an offence referred to in Schedule 1 to the Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009 ;

"terrorism or foreign incursion offence" means an offence referred to in Schedule 4;".

    (2)     In section 55(1) of the Corrections Act 1986 , the definition of Board is repealed .