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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 841

Definitions

    (1)     In section 3 of the Spent Convictions Act 2021 insert the following definitions—

""Court Services Victoria" has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Court Services Victoria Act 2014 ;

"member of the staff", of Court Services Victoria," "has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Court Services Victoria Act 2014 ;

"spent childhood conviction" means a conviction imposed on a person at 10 or 11 years of age and spent with immediate effect because of the application of section 7(1)(c);

"Victorian court" means any of the following—

        (a)     the Supreme Court;

        (b)     the County Court;

        (c)     the Magistrates' Court;

        (d)     the Children's Court;

        (e)     the Coroners Court;

"Victorian law enforcement agency" means any of the following—

        (a)     Victoria Police;

        (b)     the Adult Parole Board established under section 61 of the Corrections Act 1986 ;

        (c)     the Chief Examiner and Examiners appointed under Part 3 of the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 ;

        (d)     the Commissioner employed under section 8A of the Corrections Act 1986 ;

        (e)     a contractor within the meaning of the Corrections Act 1986 , or a subcontractor of that contractor, but only in relation to a function or duty or the exercise of a power conferred by or under that Act;

        (f)     the Director, Fines Victoria employed in accordance with section 4 of the Fines Reform Act 2014 ;

        (g)     the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission established under section 12 of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Act 2011 ;

        (h)     the Post Sentence Authority continued in existence under section 290 of the Serious Offenders Act 2018 ;

              (i)     the Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety;

        (j)     the Secretary to the Department of Transport and Planning;

        (k)     the sheriff within the meaning of the Sheriff Act 2009 ;

        (l)     the Victorian Inspectorate established under section 8 of the Victorian Inspectorate Act 2011 ;

        (m)     the Youth Parole Board within the meaning of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 ;

        (n)     a Victorian agency responsible for the performance of functions or activities directed to any law enforcement function;

        (o)     a Victorian agency responsible for the execution or implementation of an order or decision made by a Victorian court or Victorian tribunal;

        (p)     a Victorian agency that provides correctional services;

        (q)     a Victorian agency responsible for the protection of the public revenue under a law administered by the agency;

        (r)     a prescribed person or body;

"Victorian tribunal" means—

        (a)     VCAT;

        (b)     the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal established by Part 3 of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 ;

        (c)     the Mental Health Tribunal established under section 330 of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 ;".

    (2)     In section 3(1) of the Spent Convictions Act 2021 , for the definition of law enforcement agency substitute

""law enforcement agency" means any of the following—

        (a)     a Victorian law enforcement agency;

        (b)     the Australian Federal Police;

        (c)     the police force or police service of another State or a Territory;

        (d)     the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission established under section 7 of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 of the Commonwealth;

        (e)     a commission established under an interstate law with the function of investigating matters relating to criminal activity generally or of a specified class or classes;

        (f)     a Commonwealth or interstate agency responsible for the performance of functions or activities directed to any law enforcement function;

        (g)     a Commonwealth or interstate agency responsible for the execution or implementation of an order or decision made by a court or tribunal;

        (h)     a Commonwealth or interstate agency that provides correctional services;

              (i)     a Commonwealth or interstate agency responsible for the protection of the public revenue under a law administered by the agency;

        (j)     a prescribed person or body;".



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