The Law Handbook 2024

1248 Index Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) 91, 883, 894, 895 Sentence Management Panel 225 sentenced prisoners see prisoners sentencing adjourned undertaking see adjourned undertaking alcohol exclusion order 32, 35 Children’s Court 43–4 deferral of 41 pre-sentence reports 41 choice of court 218 Commonwealth offences 37 community corrections order see community corrections order (CCO) compensation order see compensation order concurrent sentences 32 court assessment order 813–14 court secure treatment order (CSTO) 813, 814, 830, 843 cumulative sentences 32 deferral of sentence 35 discount for guilty plea 31 diversion programs 36 drug offence penalties 142–4 drug treatment order (DTO) 32, 144, 808 family violence 297 fines see fines good behaviour bond see adjourned undertaking guidelines 31 imprisonment 32 indication 31 individual support plan (ISP) 37, 808 intellectually disabled offender 37, 814–16 justice plan conditions 814, 815 Magistrates’ Court 15, 31–8 mentally ill offender 813–14 motor vehicles, orders re 36 non-conviction orders 31–2 orders 32–6 breach 34–5 considerations in making 31 pre-sentence report 33, 36, 41 psychiatric disability 813–14 purposes of 31 residential treatment order 814, 815 restitution order 35 security order 815 sentence discount 31 sentence indication 31 Sentencing Act 1991 31 sexual offenders 166 suspended sentence 33 victim impact statements 36–7, 166 youth justice centre (YJC) order 32, 33 sequestration order 381 see also bankruptcy service of documents 259 affidavit of service 259 debt complaint 349–50 divorce application 259 dispensing with 259 notice to vacate 513 Services Australia 314 Centrelink see Centrelink Child Support 269–75 contact details 275 COVID-19 related fines 117 Medicare integrated with 314 Ombudsman, complaints to 1085 organ donor register 875 sex discrimination 1004, 1072 sex offenders changing name 309 loitering near schools 160 parole 225 Post Sentence Authority (PSA) 238 post sentence orders 238 privacy protection 1124 registration 35 spent convictions 1112 working with children check failure 251 sex work 168–71 advertising 168–9 children, offences involving 169–70 contacts 170–1 criminal offences 169–70 decriminalisation 168 definition 168 discrimination against sex workers 170 forced 157, 169 legal assistance 171 legality 168 legislation governing 168 loitering 170 school or place of worship, near 170 offences relating to 168, 167–70 children, involving 169–70 forced services 157, 169 school or place of worship, near 170 sexual servitude 157, 169 place of worship, near 170 Resourcing Health & Education in the Sex Industry (RhED) 170 Scarlett Alliance 171 school, soliciting or loitering near 170 sex worker programs 170–1 sexual servitude 157, 169 soliciting, 170 school or place of worship, near 170 Southside Justice Sex Worker Legal Program 171 Vixen Collective 171 sexting 743 sexual assault see sexual offences sexual harassment 163, 990, 1004 complaints 163, 995–7, 1074 definition 163, 990 dispute resolution 995–7 VCAT 996–7 VEOHRC 995–6 employer’s duty to eliminate 987, 990 employer’s liability 990 personal safety intervention order 163 workplace 163, 990, 1074 Sexual Offence and Child Abuse Investigation team (SOCIT) 164, 167 Sexual Offence and Child Abuse Units (SOCA) 305 sexual offences 153–67 abduction for sexual purpose 157 child 160 Aboriginal victim, 164 Aboriginal Liaison Unit involvement 164 accused’s rights 165 action against offender 165–6 administering intoxicating substance for sexual purpose 156 assault with intent to commit 155 bestiality 155 Centres Against Sexual Assault (CASA) 166, 306 forensic examination by 164 charges 165 children, against see sexual offences against children cognitive impairment, against person with 162–3, 786 evidence in court 165–6, 786 exceptions 163 reporting to police 164 support service provider, by 786 cognitive impairment of offender 153 committal proceedings 218 compensation for victims 166 complainant 164 child 164, 165 cognitively impaired person 164, 165, 786 cross-examination 165–6, 786 ground rules hearings 215 protection of 164, 165, 786 complaint, making 164 consent 153–4 circumstances where not given 154 cognitive impairment of offender 153 image-based offences, in relation to 156 contacts 166–7 corpse, sexual activity with 155 County Court jurisdiction 19 court proceedings 165–6 cognitive impairment, person with 786 committal 218 cross-examination 165–6, 786 giving evidence 165–6, 786 ground rules hearings 215 Crimes Act 1958 (Vic), under 153 damages 166 ‘date rape’ 156 decision not to lay charges 164 deepfake pornography 156 detention for sexual purpose 157 disability, against person with 785–6 support service provider, by 786 distributing intimate images 156, 742 DNA sample offences 187 drug administration for sexual purpose 156 elder abuse 882 evidence in court 165–6 cognitive impairment, person with 786 intellectual disability 786 family violence see family violence female genital cutting 155 forensic sample offences 190 fraud, procuring sexual act by 155 image-based offences 156–7 incest 157–8 intellectual disabled victim evidence in court 164–5, 786 support service provider, by 786 intimate image 156–7 deepfake pornography 156 distributing 156