A little while back — when I look, it was waaayyy back in 2009 — I posted about the Poisons Code or Standard for Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons, and that it was newly-available online.I needed to check last week if a certain substance was a poison or medicine, or a drug of dependence, …
Continue reading Medicines replace drugs? New Poisons Standard online
The Magistrates' Court of Victoria has useful online information for someone getting their licence back after losing it for an offence under s 49 of the Road Safety Act 1986. By plugging your details into a tick-and-flick you can go to court knowing what the likely outcome will be.Some driver education courses apparently stress the …
The Herald-Sun today ran an article about the NSW push to legislate to compel burqa-wearing women to show their face to police when requested to identify themselves. (Presumably it will also apply to the niqab. This diagram highlights the differences.)Strangely, we haven't had such a push to combat the evil of helmet-wearing motorcyclists; or a …
It's rarely worth getting too worked up about the obiter comments of a judge agreeing with the rest of the court on a sentencing appeal. But when the judge is the President of the Court of Appeal (acting as the Chief Justice) it may be worth pricking up the ears a bit.In Hilder, the appellant …
Continue reading Hilder v The Queen [2011] VSCA 192: parity appeals just got harder
The Justice Legislation Amendment (Protective Services Officers) Bill 2011 has been read a second time in the lower house. The speech is here. The Explanatory Memorandum is here and the Statement of Compatibility is here.The Bill extends to Protective Services Officers a range of powers that were previously only available to sworn police officers. These …