The Law Handbook 2024

Index 1247 skaters 660, 662, 667–8 traffic signals 669 trams, driving near 669 Robot Lawyers Australia 659 rooming houses 466, 488–90 agreements 490 breach of duty notice 489 cancellation of licence 488 Centrepay, paying rent using 488 definition 466, 488 family violence 499 gazetted 488 health and safety obligations 466, 489 investigation by CAV 490 licensing scheme 488–9 locks and security 489, 490 minimum standards 466, 489–90 notice to leave 510–11 compensation where no reasonable grounds 511 notice to vacate 489 operator licence 466, 488 fit and proper person 489 registration 466, 488 rental agreement 488, 490 Residential Tenancies Act 464 residents as tenants 466 Rooming House Operators Act 2016 466, 488 unregistered and unlicensed 488, 489 VCAT protective orders 488 Ropes Program 42 Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) inspection of car 629 membership fee 629 Royal Commissions Disability 778 Family Violence 299 Financial Services Industry 952–3, 955, 963 information privacy exemption 1117, 1121 Management of Police Informants 1138 Mental Health System 841 Rural Financial Counselling Service 394 S Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre 239, 306, 894 St Kilda Gatehouse Drop-in Centre 171 sale of house see houses – buying or selling sale of land see land Salvation Army contact details 239 financial counselling see Moneycare Financial Counselling released prisoner support 239 same-sex relationships see domestic relationships SANE Australia 239 SCAMwatch 751 Scarlett Alliance – Australian Sex Workers Association 171 schools age discrimination 1005 copyright issues 764 disability rights 782–3, 1005 discrimination 782–3, 988, 1004 permissible 992 drugs, supply or trafficking at, 138 Residential Tenancies Act not applicable 467 scooters see also skaters electric 661 helmets 667 Road Rules 660, 662, 667–8 wheeled recreational device, definition 662 Screenrights 762, 767 search – personal arrest, on 177–9 Commonwealth offence 149–50, 178 concealed weapon, for 177 consensual 178 detention of suspect 149 drug offences – federal 149–50, 178 drug offences – state 141, 177 evidence, to secure or preserve 177 external search 150, 177–8 frisk search 149–50, 178 full search 178 illegal 1138 internal search 150 ordinary search 178 pat down 178 ‘safety and evidence search’ 178 ‘stop and search’ power 141, 177 strip search 178 Victorian offence 177–8 search – premises drug offences – state 141–2 record keeping 142 return of property 142 volatile substances 141 warrant 141 without warrant 141 force, use of 174 illegal 1138 ‘stop and search’ power 141 warrant 175 without warrant 174 Commonwealth offence 174 family violence 174 serious indictable offence 174 Victorian offence 174 second-hand goods dealers consumer guarantees applicable 705 criminal conviction and employment as 248 licensing 729 pawnbrokers see pawnbrokers second psychiatric opinion 823–4 advocacy for 822 disclosure of health information 847 report 824 review 825 security patients 844 treatment orders 836 Second Psychiatric Opinion Service (SPOS) 824, 850 secure welfare service placement 47–8 Self Advocacy Resource Unit 794, 802 self-incrimination, privilege against 172, 180 exceptions 172 identification evidence 191 organised crime exception 181 police interviews 172, 180–1 prisoners 230 self-representation 76–87 addressing people 82 adjournment of case 84 appeal right 85 appearance in court 82 behaviour in court 82 brief of evidence, copy of 83 civil case 76, 85–6 clear communication 82 community legal centres, help from 86 contacts 86–7 contest mention 85 costs of other party 79, 85 court hearing 82 court procedures and rules 78, 82, 85 COVID-19 and attending court 78 criminal case 76, 82–5 criminal history 84 deciding how to plead 84–5 deciding on 77, 85 divorce applications 86 driving offences 569 evidence, rules of 80 exhibits 80 explaining yourself 84 family law cases 86 family violence cases 77, 83 Federal Circuit and Family Court 76, 86 finding information 78–9 finding the law 78–9 friend for support 82 indictable cases 83 Justice Connect service 72, 79, 817 learning about 78–9, 86 legal advice 79, 82, 86 Magistrates’ Court 76, 82–5 negotiation out of court 77, 81–2 non-legal support 82 out of court 77 pleading guilty 84–5 pleading not guilty 85 police prosecutions 83 preliminary brief 83, 84 preparation 78–82 preparing facts of case 79–80 preparing to present arguments 80–1 preparing witnesses 81 presentation 82 prior convictions 84 Self-Representation Service 72 sentencing orders 84 sexual offence cases 77 summary case 83 conference 83 summons 81, 83 Supreme Court Self-represented Litigant Coordinator 533, 540 tribunals 76–7 VLA legal helpline 79, 86 when permitted 76 witnesses 81 selling a house see houses – buying or selling Senior Practitioner 795 Seniors Health Card 335 Seniors Law 73