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Crimes (Validation of Orders) Act 2001
Act No. 58/2001
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 1
3. New section 464ZL inserted 2
464ZL. Validation of certain orders 2
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ENDNOTES 3
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Crimes (Validation of Orders) Act 2001†
[Assented to 16 October 2001]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the Crimes
Act 1958 to validate certain orders purported to
have been made for the taking of forensic samples
from offenders.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Victoria
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3. New section 464ZL inserted
After section 464ZK of the Crimes Act 1958
insert—
"464ZL. Validation of certain orders
(1) If, on or before 22 December 2000, an order
under section 464ZF(3) is purported to have
been made by—
(a) the Magistrates' Court not sitting in
open court; or
(b) a magistrate not constituting the
Magistrates' Court—
the order is deemed to have, and always to
have had, the same force and effect as it
would have had if the order had been made
by the Magistrates' Court sitting in open
court.
(2) Sub-section (1) does not affect the rights of
the parties in the proceeding known as
Lednar, O'Brien and Hill v. The Magistrates'
Court and The Chief Commissioner of Police
(Victoria) (No. 6292 of 2000) in the
Supreme Court of Victoria.".
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See:
Act No.
6231.
Reprint No. 15
as at
1 September
1999 and
amending
Act Nos
26/1999,
53/2000,
67/2000,
74/2000,
86/2000 and
92/2000.
LawToday:
www.dms.
dpc.vic.
gov.au
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ENDNOTES
† Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 7 June 2001
Legislative Council: 18 September 2001
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Crimes Act
1958 to validate certain orders purported to have been made for the
taking of forensic samples from offenders and for other purposes."
Endnotes
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