The Control of Weapons and Firearms Acts Amendment Bill 2011 passed Parliament last month. It received Assent on 20/3/12. It will take effect on the 1st October 2012, unless proclaimed earlier.Its Explanatory Memorandum is here. The Second Reading is here. The Bill describes a new indictable offence in the Control of Weapons Act 1990 prohibiting …
Tag: law reform
Charter to stay?
Before the last election it seemed likely that a Baillieu government would repeal parts of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006, if not scrap it entirely. Recent media coverage suggests neither of those is going to happen. The reform the government wants to talk about is a requirement that proposed amendments to …
Judicial College’s CCO info
The Judicial College has produced an information package about Community Correction Orders.Chapter 14 of the Sentencing Manual explains the new regime. Their summary of the changes is here.They've also got a quiz, divided into parts A and B.Edit: The Sentencing Advisory Council's take on the changes can be found here.
Judicial College's CCO info
The Judicial College has produced an information package about Community Correction Orders.Chapter 14 of the Sentencing Manual explains the new regime. Their summary of the changes is here.They've also got a quiz, divided into parts A and B.Edit: The Sentencing Advisory Council's take on the changes can be found here.
Community Correction Orders
The Sentencing Amendment (Community Correction Reform) Act 2011 substantially takes effect in Victoria today.OverviewWe blogged about the bill here. In summary:Combined Custody and Treatment Orders, Intensive Correction Orders and Community Based Orders are no longer available as sentencing options in any court. They are replaced by a single flexible order called a Community Correction Order. …