The Law Handbook 2024

Index 1205 criminal record 240–53 access by police 240 avoiding 240, 241 charity, being trustee of 253 checking your own 240–1 children, checks for working with 250–2 disclosure to employer 247–8 failure to disclose 248 professions requiring 247–8 discrimination on basis of 248–9 complaint to AHRC 249 irrelevant criminal record 249 spent convictions 247, 248–9 disputing 241 driver history 241–2 effect of 240 employment and 247–9 disclosure of record 247–8 discrimination on basis of 247, 248–9 occupations requiring disclosure 247–8 public service 249 working with children checks 250–2 exclusions 241 failure to disclose 248 fundraising activities and 253 good behaviour bond 240, 242 guilty without conviction 240, 241 incorporated association, holding office in 253 information included 241 insurance and 253 jury service and 24, 252 management of corporations 252 Movement Alert List 252 offences outside Victoria 242 online application for 240 overseas travel 252 police checks 240, 242 public office 252 public service, employment in 249 sensitive information 1098 spent convictions see spent convictions unfair treatment on basis of 249 victims of crime assistance and 253, 978 working with children checks 250–2 crisis accommodation family violence victims 304–5 Residential Tenancies Act not applicable 467 crisis payment 329 cross examination committal proceedings 16 family violence cases 303–4 protected witnesses 77 sexual offence proceedings 77, 165–6 witnesses 81 crowd funding 750 Crown Prosecutor 217 Cultura, Geelong 393 cultural heritage management plan 1024–5 custodial community permits 228 custodial supervision order 810–13 Customer Owned Banking Code of Practice 420, 461 cyber bullying 742, 749 cybersquatting 740–1 cyber-stalking 301, 742 cyclists see bicycles D Dad and Partner Pay 331–2, 337 damages assessment 927–8, 931 bankruptcy divisible property 368, 370 non-provable debts 374 unliquidated damages debts 374, 375–6 breach of contract 686, 717–18 employment contract 1055 breach of statutory duty 927, 949 building delays 569 buyer 717–18 certificate of assessment 931 consumer disputes 717–18, 721, 722 copyright infringement 764 costs of action for 933 County Court jurisdiction 19 debt collection offences 702 defamation 1013 defendant 926 exemplary 722, 1013 future monetary loss 928 general 927 gratuitous care 930 loss of earning capacity 928, 930 lump sum 927 mental harm 930 misrepresentation 678 negligence claims 926–8, 930–1 assessment 927–8, 930, 931 non-economic loss 930, 931 personal injury 926, 930 significant injury 931 special 927 structured settlement 927 non-economic loss 930, 931 party-party costs 933 penalty interest 933 personal injury 930 assessment 931 certificate of assessment 931 County Court jurisdiction 19 degree of impairment 931 limitation of actions 932–3 medical panel assessment 931 negligence claims 926–8, 930–1 plaintiff 926 psychiatric impairment 930, 931 seller 718 social security law 337 solicitor-client costs 933 special 927 structured settlement 927 victims of crime, civil claims 971, 979 work injuries see work injuries wrongful death 950 Dame Phyllis Frost Centre 224, 226, 814 data matching 1109 data security 1104, 1115–16, 1120 APP 1104 HPP 1120 IPP 1116 protective data security 1115–16 Daylesford Child and Family Services 393 de facto relationships see domestic relationships deaf people jury service 24 National Relay Service 63 Victorian legal aid services 63 Deaf Victoria 792 Deakin Legal Service for Students 94 death bereavement allowance (former) 314 bereavement benefits 924 Births, Deaths and Marriages registrar 917, 919 certificate 919, 923 coronial inquest 18, 918–19 donation of body for research 922 donation of organs and tissue 874–5 estates see estates funerals see funerals notice 922–3 notifying coroner 917 organ and tissue donation 874–5 post-mortem examinations 875–6, 918 registration 919, 923 repatriation allowance 924 reportable 917 survival of legal actions 908 transporting body interstate 922 undertaker’s certificate 923 wills see wills workers compensation see workers compensation workplace manslaughter 1077, 1079 young person charged with offence involving 39, 44 debt 344–64 see also credit action by debtor 364 arbitration 354 assistance 348 attachment of debt 362–3 attachment of earnings 361–2 bankruptcy see bankruptcy being sued for 348–52 Centrelink overpayments 338–9 bankruptcy, effect 376–7 checking amount of 346 cheque, failure to honour 351 collection 702 ACCC guidelines 338, 461, 702 social security debt 338 Collection House 347 complaint 349–50 contacting creditor 347 contacts 364 counselling services 364, 388–94 County Court jurisdiction 19, 348 court procedure 348–55 amount claimed 350–1 arbitration 354 Civil Procedure Act requirements 349 complaint 349–50 costs 354 defences 352–3 enforcement of orders 355–63 hearing 354 inappropriate court 350 Instruments Act complaint 351