Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES (SEXUAL OFFENCES) (FURTHER AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (NO 76 OF 2006) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are to amend—

        (a)     the Crimes Act 1958 to further provide for the use of jury warnings in sexual offence cases where there has been a delay in reporting the alleged offence; and

        (b)     the Evidence Act 1958 to further provide for alternative arrangements for the giving of evidence in proceedings that relate to a charge for a sexual offence; and

        (c)     the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 to provide for a Sexual Offences List; and

        (d)     the Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 to provide for transitional arrangements relating to that Act.