The Law Handbook 2024

Index 1245 internet 742 IPPs (Vic) 1114–19 personal property securities 1112 Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme 1111 Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) 1097–1105 application 1098 enforcement 1099–100 exemptions 1098–9 list of entities covered by 1098 Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 1114–19 privacy codes 1100 protection in Australia 1094–6 protective data security 1115–16 public interest determination (PID) 1099, 1115 IPP exemption 1118 public records 1123 public sector organisations 1114, 1115 remedies for breach 1119 right to 1093, 1123 sensitive information 1097–8, 1101, 1103, 1117 social media 743, 1096 spent convictions 241–7, 1111–12, 1114 surveillance devices 1123 tax file numbers 1109, 1114 telecommunications 1112–13 interception 1123 temporary public interest determination (TPID) 1099, 1115 IPP exemption 1118 tenancy database 476 tenant’s right to 476, 537 complaints to OAIC 539 specialist disability accommodation 535 territorial privacy 1093 transborder data flows 1103, 1116, 1117 types of 1093 unique identifiers 1117 VCAT, referral to 1119 Victorian Information Commissioner 1114, 1115–16 Victorian Protective Data Security Framework 1116 Privacy and Data Protection Commissioner (Vic) 1114 Deputy Commissioner 1115 Victorian Information Commissioner replacing 1114 Privacy Commissioner Cth see Office of the Australian Information Commissioner Vic see Victorian Information Commissioner Private Health Insurance Ombudsman 730, 1082, 1083, 1085 private security guards 1052 pro bono legal services 72 probate 896, 904 see also estates; wills advertisement 907 application for 907–8 affidavits 907 electronic filing 907 filing fees 907 common form 904 grant of 896, 904 legal assistance 74 need for 904 Online Advertising System 907, 912 parchment 896 registrar of probates 896, 897, 898, 904, 907, 912 small estates 74, 913 Supreme Court Probate Office 899, 904, 907, 913 probate duty abolished 897, 913 Probate Office 74, 899, 904, 912 contact details 74, 914 small estates service 74, 913 Probate Online Advertising System 907, 912 probation, Children’s Court 44 product disclosure statement (PDS) 953, 956 product safety manufacturer’s liability 704, 711–12 promissory notes 424 property damage 1050–1 compensation orders 36, 1051 graffiti 1051 postering 1051 protesters 1050–1 Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) applications to convert general law titles 541 caveats, lodging with 558 online conveyancing via 541 property proceedings under FLA 262–3 appeals 263 de facto relationships 262, 282 discretionary remedies 262 setting aside or varying order 262 proportionate liability 723 personal injury 720 prostitution see sex work protection orders see child protection protective data security 1115–16 protective service officers (PSOs) 1052 complaints about 1052 offences against 1049–50 powers 1049, 1052 protests, powers at 1047, 1052 protests 1046–52 advertising material 1051 affray 1050 anti-mask laws 1047, 1049 arrest 1047, 1049 assault 1049, 1051 bail 1047–8 besetting 1049 burglary 1051 common charges 1048–52 contacts 1052 council permits 1047 delaying emergency workers 1049 designated areas 1047 emergency worker, offences against 1049–50 face coverings 1047, 1049 fines 1048 forest operations, offences 1051–2 freedom of peaceful assembly 999, 1046 freedom of political communication 1046 graffiti 1051 information 1052 leafleting 1051 move-on powers 1047 non-police officials 1052 obstruction 1048 offences against emergency workers 1049–50 offensive behaviour 1049 penalty units 1048 police and 1046–52 offences against 1049–50 powers 1047 postering 1051 private security guards 1052 property damage 1050–1 protective service officers 1047, 1052 offences against 1049–50 powers 1049, 1052 public safety zones, declaration of 1052 right to take part in 1046 safe access zones 1051 trespass 1048 unlawful assembly 1048–9 violent disorder 1050 weapons, police searching for 1047 psychiatric disability see mental illness Public Advocate see Office of the Public Advocate public authorities Charter of Rights, duty of compliance 999, 1092 complaints of non-compliance 1000 rental providers 468, 537 definition 930 liability in negligence 930 Ombudsman investigations see Ombudsman rental providers as 468 public benevolent institutions 618 public health warning statements 878 public housing 529–31 bond, recovery of 519 investigation into 529 notice to vacate 506, 509, 529 offence by renter 506 reasonable and proportionate test 515, 539 renter becoming ineligible 509 policies 530–1 rental rebates 530–1 repair procedures 486 service charges 479 temporary absence 531 Victorian Affordable Housing Program 529 public interest determination (PID) Cth Information Commissioner 1099 IPP exemption 1118 Vic Information Commissioner 1115 public interest disclosure entities 1088 improper conduct 1090 Victorian Ombudsman and 1090 IBAC referrals 1090 investigation of complaints 1090 refusal to investigate 1090 report 1091