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JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (PROTECTIVE SERVICES OFFICERS AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2017 (NO. 45 OF 2017) - SECT 1

Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend various Acts in relation to powers of protective service officers on duty at designated places; and

        (b)     to amend the Corrections Act 1986 to extend to police custody         officer supervisors the powers under Part 9A of that Act in relation to the management of         visitors and the power to direct police custody officers to apply an instrument of restraint, to search the police gaol or certain persons and to     transport persons; and

        (c)     to amend the Victoria Police Act 2013 to provide for psychological fitness for duty assessments for police officers and protective services officers; and

        (d)     to amend the Victoria Police Act 2013 to establish the role of police custody officer supervisors in police gaols; and

        (e)     to amend the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 to facilitate transport of children held in police custody to and from courts and youth justice facilities; and

        (f)     to amend the Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989 to regulate payments for scrap metal and to provide for enforcement; and

        (g)     to make consequential and other technical amendments to other Acts.



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