No. 12 of 2017
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Wrongs Amendment (Organisational Child Abuse) Act 2017[†]
No. 12 of 2017
[Assented to 27 March 2017]
Endnotes
1 General information
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[†] Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 23 November 2016
Legislative Council: 7 February 2017
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Wrongs Act 1958 to impose a duty of care that forms part of a cause of action in negligence on organisations exercising care, supervision or authority over children to prevent the physical abuse or sexual abuse of those children committed by individuals associated with those organisations, to make consequential amendments to the Victoria Police Act 2013 and for other purposes."