Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2022 (NO. 20 OF 2022)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF CRIMES AT SEA ACT 1999

   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Schedule 1—clause 10 repealed  
   5.      Adjacent areas  
   6.      Schedule 1—Appendix 1 substituted  

   PART 3--AMENDMENT OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT 2010

   7.      Religious schools  
   8.      New section 176B inserted  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF CHARTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2006

   9.      Recognition and equality before the law  
   10.     Protection from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment  
   11.     Privacy and reputation  
   12.     Freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief  
   13.     Freedom of expression  
   14.     Protection of families and children  
   15.     Cultural rights  
   16.     Property rights  
   17.     Right to liberty and security of person  
   18.     Children in the criminal process  
   19.     Rights in criminal proceedings  
   20.     Right not to be tried or punished more than once  
   21.     Statements of compatibility  
   22.     Override by Parliament  
   23.     Action on declaration of inconsistent interpretation  
   24.     Reports to be laid before Parliament  

   PART 5--AMENDMENT OF JUDICIAL COLLEGE OF VICTORIA ACT 2001

   25.     Establishment of the College  
   26.     Powers of the College  
   27.     Delegation  
   28.     Board of directors  
   29.     Vacancies and removal of appointed directors from office  
   30.     Alternate directors  
   31.     Meetings of the Board  
   32.     New section 21 inserted  

   PART 6--AMENDMENT OF MAGISTRATES' COURT ACT 1989

           Division 1--Magistrates' Court Act 1989

   33.     Definitions  
   34.     Rules of Court  
   35.     Rules of Court  

           Division 2--Consequential amendment of other Acts

   36.     Rules of court and practice directions for Magistrates' Court—Family Violence Protection Act 2008  
   37.     Rules of court and practice directions for Magistrates' Court—Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010  
   38.     Amendment of Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996  

   PART 7--VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1998--FEDERAL SUBJECT MATTER

   39.     Definitions  
   40.     Schedule 2 amended  

   PART 8--AMENDMENTS RELATING TO INTEGRATED BIRTH CERTIFICATES

           Division 1--Amendment of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996

   41.     Objects of Act  
   42.     Definitions  
   43.     Search of Register  
   44.     New section 45A inserted  
   45.     Issue of certificate  
   46.     New section 46A inserted  
   47.     Registrar to provide certain information to Minister—statute law revision  

           Division 2--Amendment of the Adoption Act 1984

   48.     Certain entries to be marked "adopted"  
   49.     Register of Adoptions not open for search  
   50.     Access to birth certificates of adopted persons  

   PART 9--AMENDMENT OF ADOPTION ACT 1984

   51.     Definitions  
   52.     Approved counsellors  
   53.     Discharge of adoption orders  
   54.     Court may dispense with consents  
   55.     Declarations of validity of foreign adoptions  
   56.     Section 87 substituted  
   57.     Other person's right to information  
   58.     New section 100A inserted  
   59.     Adoption Information Service  
   60.     Agency etc. to comply with request for information  

   PART 10--AMENDMENT OF GENDER EQUALITY ACT 2020

   61.     Definitions  
   62.     Appointment  
   63.     Acting Commissioner  
   64.     Section 46 substituted  
   65.     New section 46A inserted  
   66.     Publication of personal information prohibited  
   67.     New Part 8A inserted  

   PART 11--REPEAL OF THIS ACT

   68.     Repeal of this Act  
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