The Law Handbook 2024

Index 1207 intellectually disabled persons assistance to 815 justice plan, preparation of 815 Multiple and Complex Needs Initiative 815 Office for Disability 817 priority housing applications 305 right of communication with 823 young offenders complaints about standard of care 45 pre-sentence reports 41 Youth Justice service 41 Department of Health and Aged Care (Cth) 893 Department of Health (Vic) see also Services Australia advance care directive form 857 Assisted Reproductive Treatment Policy Manager 292 Chief Psychiatrist 811, 839–40, 849, 850 contact details 292, 879, 894 enquiries and complaints about 800 Food Safety Unit 730 forensic patients special leave 811 transfers, review of 812 health service complaints 877 infectious diseases, notifying 873 Pandemic Order Register 117 pollution and waste complaints to 1041 privacy complaint against 1118 Senior Practitioner 795 Supported Residential Services 894 website 467, 818, 825, 857, 859, 879, 894 Department of Home Affairs Immigration Ombudsman 1082, 1083 Department of Human Services (Cth) see Services Australia Department of Immigration see now Department of Home Affairs Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 750 Department of Justice and Community Safety contact details 30, 87, 817 document signing stations (DSS) 27 emergency management days, grant of 234 information for self-representation 79 information sharing, information about 299 security orders, requirements 815 website 27, 28, 30, 87, 299 Working with Children Check Unit 250, 253 Department of Premier and Cabinet Aboriginal heritage test certification 1025 Department of Social Services (Cth) contact details 1074 Department of Transport and Planning (Vic) contact details 671, 1044 EIS assessment report 1029 offences against officers of 1052 planning scheme amendments, approval of 1017 public safety zone declarations 1052 role in planning 1016 website 1028, 1044 Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) access to records 1127 data matching 1109 departure prohibition order 274 appeal against 273 detention arrested person 177 drug offence suspect 149 Ombudsman as NPM Coordinator 1084 questioning, for 177 terrorism suspect 177 young offenders 44, 45 Dingley Village, Make a Difference 390 directions hearing 724 DirectLine 238 Director of Housing bond, recovery of 519 Charter of Rights compliance 537–8 housing call centre 486, 540 Public Housing Policy and Procedure Maintenance Manual 486 rental rebates 530–1 repair procedures 486 service charges 479 social housing policies 530 Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) see also Office of Public Prosecutions (OPP) appeal against sentence 20 appeal on question of law 21 decision on appropriate court 19 indictments, signing 217 privacy offences referred to 1114 disability 778–850 abuse of people with 785, 789 Royal Commission 778 access to premises see access to premises access to transport 1005 accommodation 464, 783–4 SDA see specialist disability accommodation (SDA) administration see guardianship and administration Adult Disability Assessment Tool 315 advance care directives 857–8 advocacy see disability advocacy assistance dogs 589, 986 assistance in court 787 ‘best interests’ no longer factor in decision consent to treatment 868 guardianship 851 medical decisions 856 capacity 676, 787, 788 Carer Payment 315–16 Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 803–4 Community Visitors Program 792, 797–8, 841 complaints about services 787, 1085 consent to treatment see consent to treatment Consumer Affairs Victoria services 729 contacts 791–5 contracts 676, 788 correctional facilities and programs 787, 798 Court Integrated Services Program (CISP) 16, 82, 152, 805 criminal charges 803 Criminal Justice Diversion Program 806 criminal justice system 780, 786–7, 803–17 rights and options 786–7 decision making 785 definition 778, 779, 781–2, 796 Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination 328 Disability Standards 784, 986, 1005 Disability Support Pension 316–17, 780 discrimination see disability discrimination education, access to 782–3, 986, 1004 employment 783 family violence and 785 fitness to stand trial 809, 845 further information 816 guardianship and administration see guardianship and administration imputed 782 independent third person (ITP) 804–5 individual support plan (ISP) 37, 808 information and advice 797, 798 instructions from client with 790–1, 803 intellectual see intellectual disability international protections 1006 jury service 24 justice plan conditions 814, 815 legal assistance, right to 786 legal capacity 676, 787 legislation 779–80 litigation guardian 791 mental illness see mental illness Mobility Allowance 328 National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) 780, 790 NDIS see National Disability Insurance Scheme next friend 791 parking permit 781 pension see Disability Support Pension personal injury damages, limitation of actions 933 police interview 804–5 access to lawyer 805 independent third person (ITP) 798, 805–5 power of attorney see power of attorney protection from abuse 780, 797 psychiatric see mental illness Public Advocate see Office of the Public Advocate Public Transport Standards 1005 requirements for NDIS 780 rights of people with 779–90, 848–9 asserting 787–90 criminal justice system, in 786–7 limitations 784–5 Royal Commission 778 schools, discrimination 782–3 sexual offences against people with 162–3, 785–6 evidence in court 165–6, 786 reporting to police 164 support service provider, by 786 social security see social security special hearing 810 specialist accommodation see specialist disability accommodation (SDA) support programs 779 supported decision-making 789