Victorian Numbered Acts

PUBLIC INTEREST MONITOR ACT 2011 (NO. 72 OF 2011)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Object  
   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Act binds the Crown  

   PART 2--APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST MONITOR

   6.      Principal Public Interest Monitor  
   7.      Deputy Public Interest Monitors  
   8.      Eligibility for appointment  
   9.      Terms and conditions of appointment  
   10.     Remuneration  
   11.     Acting Principal Public Interest Monitor  
   12.     Vacancy and resignation  
   13.     Suspension and removal from office  

   PART 3--FUNCTIONS OF A PUBLIC INTEREST MONITOR

   14.     Functions of Public Interest Monitor  
   15.     Guidelines  
   16.     Conflict of interest  
   17.     Confidentiality  

   PART 4--GENERAL

   18.     Freedom of Information Act 1982 not to apply to a Public Interest Monitor  
   19.     Annual report  
   20.     Minister to lay annual reports before each House of the Parliament  
   21.     Regulations  

   PART 5--MAJOR CRIME (INVESTIGATIVE POWERS) ACT 2004

   22.     Definitions  
   23.     New Part 1A inserted  
   24.     Application for coercive powers order  
   25.     Determination of application  
   26.     Coercive powers order  
   27.     Extension or variation of coercive powers order  
   28.     Discontinuance of use of powers under coercive powers order  
   29.     Notice of revocation of coercive powers order  

   PART 6--AMENDMENT OF SURVEILLANCE DEVICES ACT 1999

   30.     Definition  
   31.     New Division 1AA inserted in Part 4  
   32.     Application for surveillance device warrant  
   33.     Determining the application  
   34.     Revocation of surveillance devices warrant  
   35.     Application for retrieval warrant  
   36.     Determining the application  
   37.     Revocation of retrieval warrant  
   38.     Application for assistance order  
   39.     Determining an application for an assistance order  
   40.     Application for approval of exercise of powers under emergency authorisation  
   41.     Determining an application for approval of emergency authorisation  
   42.     Report to judge or magistrate  

   PART 7--AMENDMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS (INTERCEPTION) (STATE PROVISIONS) ACT 1988

   43.     New Part 1A inserted  

   PART 8--AMENDMENT OF TERRORISM (COMMUNITY PROTECTION) ACT 2003

   44.     New Part 1A inserted  
   45.     New section 7A inserted  
   46.     Determining the application for a covert search warrant  
   47.     New section 13DA inserted  
   48.     Preventative detention orders  
   49.     Extension of preventative detention order  
   50.     Prohibited contact orders  
   51.     Revocation or variation of preventative detention orders and prohibited contact orders  

   PART 9--AMENDMENT OF OTHER ACTS AND REPEAL OF AMENDING PROVISIONS

   52.     Amendment of Ombudsman Act 1973  
   53.     Amendment of Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001  
   54.     Repeal of amending provisions  
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