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. …
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Considering pending legislation
I just came across this interesting little tidbit about statutory interpretation: in Campbell v Employers Mutual Ltd and Others [2011] 110 SASR 57 the Full Court of the South Australian Supreme Court held that courts can and should take into account enacted legislative amendments that had not yet commenced. The particular references are at [68] …
Medicines replace drugs? New Poisons Standard online
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, …
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Legislation Watch: Crimes Amendment (Bullying) Bill 2011
The Crimes Amendment (Bullying) Bill 2011 was in the media a bit last week. The Introductory Print is here. The Explanatory Memorandum is here. The Statement of Compatibility is here and the Second Reading is here.The Bill adds definitions to the Crimes Act 1958, the Stalking Intervention Orders Act 2008 and the Personal Safety Intervention …
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Legislation search tool
Hat tip to Legal Practice Intelligence's twitter stream for this info...Legify.com.au is a legislation search tool that finds current government versions of legislation in every state.It searches only through titles, but makes comparative research pretty easy.Looking for legislation in other states dealing with criminal procedure? Search under 'justice' for Justices Acts; 'procedure' for procedure acts; …