The Law Handbook 2024

1198 Index options 43–4 pre-sentence reports 36, 41 process 43 victim impact statements 43 summary offences, time limit for filing in 214 temporary assessment order (TAO) 47 therapeutic treatment order 50 therapeutic treatment (placement) order 50 virtual court website 41 VLA duty lawyers 40, 47, 64, 94 website 19, 28, 41 young person, meaning 39 youth attendance order 44 youth detention centre order 44 Youth Diversion Program 42–3 youth residential centre order 44 youth supervision order 44 Children’s Court Clinic 41 Children’s Koori Court 40, 50, 809 CHOICE 750 citizen’s arrest 176, 1052 classification of internet content 748–9 classification of offences 215–16 Classification Review Board merger with AAT 23 Classification Website 750 clubs definition 989 discrimination 989, 1004 cluster title 542 cognitive impairment see intellectual disability Colac Area Health 392 Collingwood Neighbourhood Justice Centre 40, 50, 390 Comcare 1075, 1080 Commissioner for Residential Tenancies 540 Commissioner of Taxation 395 committal hearing 199, 217–18 committal proceedings 217–18 Children’s Court 39, 44–5 Criminal Procedure Act 2009 214, 217 hand-up brief procedure 216, 218 Magistrates’ Court 16, 217–18 purpose of 217 sexual offences 218 common law 3, 10, 11 Commonwealth employees superannuation funds 412 workers compensation 948 Commonwealth information website 11 Commonwealth Law Reports 11 Commonwealth legislation and parliamentary documents website 11 Commonwealth offences arrest without warrant 174 community corrections order (CCO) 37 drugs see drug offences – federal fines 37 fingerprints 186 forensic procedures 190–1 identification parade 192 personal search 178 police questioning 180 search without warrant 174 sentencing 37 Commonwealth Ombudsman 1082–7 ACT Ombudsman 1084 administrative actions, review of 1085 Centrelink, complaints about 342 complaints to 1084–6 confidentiality 186 contact details 343, 1087 discretion not to investigate 1085 examination powers, oversight of 1083 exclusions from jurisdiction 1085 freedom of information decisions 1087, 1132 functions and roles 1082–3 Immigration Ombudsman 1082, 1083 Indigenous phone number 1084 international role 1084 investigations 1085–6 jurisdiction 1085 Law Enforcement Ombudsman 1082, 1083 Medicare and PBS complaints 730 National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) Coordinator Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, for 1084 places of detention, for 1084 offices 1087 Overseas Students Ombudsman 1082, 1083, 1085 Postal Industry Ombudsman 1082, 1083, 1085 powers 1085–7 Private Health Insurance Ombudsman 730, 1082, 1083, 1085 recommendations 1086 reports 1086–7 results of investigations 1086 review of decisions 1087 VET Student Loans Ombudsman 387, 1082, 1083, 1085 website 1084, 1087 whistleblower protection scheme 1083–4 who can complain to 1084 Commonwealth Seniors Health Card 335 Commonwealth Spent Convictions Scheme 1111–12 Communications Alliance 749, 751 community activism 10, 1045–52 Activist Rights website 1045, 1052 campaigning 1045 contacts 1052 defamation 1045 group structure 1045 law reform 10 organisations see community organisations Our Community website 1045, 1046, 1052 protests 1045–52 public liability insurance 1046 speaking out 1045 community corrections order (CCO) 24, 32, 33 alcohol exclusion conditions 33 Commonwealth offences 37 contravention 34–5 duty lawyer, access to 64 imprisonment and 33 intellectually disabled defendant 806 optional conditions 33 preference over imprisonment 31 pre-sentence report 33, 36 with conviction 33 without conviction 32, 33, 240 community court assessment orders 813 Community Information and Support Victoria website 94 community information centres 94 Community Insurance and Risk Management Centre 1046 community legal advice directory 88–93 community legal centres 62, 70–1, 88–93 complaints against lawyers, help with 61 complaints against police, help with 1142 contact details 61, 88–93 debt problems, help with 364 eligibility for assistance 70–1 Federation of Community Legal Centres 70, 86, 88, 895 law reform, involvement in 10 legal aid 53, 62, 70–1 self-representation, help with 79, 86 services provided 62, 70 website 53, 79, 364 community legal education 70 community organisations 610–27, 1045–6 ABN 618, 621 campaign groups 1045 charities see charities choice of structure 610, 611 company limited by guarantee 613–14, 617 contacts 627 co-operatives 616–17 deductible gift recipient (DGR) 614, 618–19, 621, 1045 fringe benefits tax 619 funding 620–1 GST 619–20, 1045 income tax 618–19 incorporated association see incorporated associations Indigenous corporations 614–16 laws applicable to 622 legislation 610 not-for-profit 610, 621, 1045–6 Our Community website 1046, 1052 public benevolent institutions 618 public liability insurance 1046 regulators 627 rules or constitution 611 tax concessions 618–20, 1045 terminology 610 types 610–17 unincorporated associations 611–12 community treatment order see mental illness Community Visitors Program 792, 797–8, 841 right of communication with 823 community work fine default unpaid community work order (FDUCWO) 34, 123, 127 payment of fine by 34, 116, 127 permit (CWP) 98, 116, 122 work and development permit (WDP) 98, 113–14