Legal - Acts

Question 1

Change to reflect advances in technology

Answer 1

Crimes Amendment (Identity Crime) Act 2009 (Vic)

Question 2

Change to reflect greater awareness of the need to protect rights

Answer 2

Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic)

Question 3

Allows the Commonwealth to make laws regarding terrorist acts inside Australia

Answer 3

Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2003 (Cth)

Question 4

the Victorian parliament sits for fixed four-year terms

Answer 4

Parliamentary Reform Act 2003 (Vic)

Question 5

Australian constitution created

British Parliament

Answer 5

The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

Question 6

Terminated ability of the British to make laws for Australia (States could now enact laws previously done in Britain)

Answer 6

Australia Act of 1986

Question 7

Prohibited all convicted and sentenced prisoners from votion (declared unconstitutional)

Answer 7

the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2006 (Cth)

Question 8

Concurrent Powers examples

Answer 8

“The Commonwealth makes laws in the areas of
- Marriage (Marriage Act 1961 (Cth))
- Divorce (Family Law Act 1975 (Cth))
The States make their own laws in the area of adoption, e.g. the Adoption Act 1984 (Vic)

Question 9

Commonwealth had nominated for World Heritage listing the specific areas the Tasmanian Government planned to dam

Answer 9

World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 (Cwlth)

Question 10

Change to reflect greater need for protection of the community

Answer 10

Crimes Amendment (Grooming) Act 2014 (Vic), Parole

Question 11

Change to reflect encouraging changes in values in society

Answer 11

Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic)

Question 12

Change to reflect greater demand for access to the law

Answer 12

Drugs Court 2002

Question 13

The Victorian Act referring powers on Terrorism.

Answer 13

Terrorism (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2003 (Vic.)

Question 14

Example of the courts resolving ambiguity

Answer 14

Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic.)

Question 15

Guidance to the courts on how Commonwealth legislation should be interpreted and what the courts are able to use to assist them in interpreting the legislation

Answer 15

Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth)

Question 16

Guidance to the courts on how Victorian legislation should be interpreted and what the courts are able to use to assist them in interpreting the legislation

Answer 16

Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 (Vic.)

Question 17

Amendments to the rules of evidence and their admissibility

Answer 17

Evidence Act 2008 (Vic.),
in an attempt to relax the strict rules of evidence, and allow relevant evidence to be heard in court. Significant changes were made to hearsay evidence.

Question 18

Exceptions to the double jeopardy rule

Answer 18

Criminal Procedure Amendment (Double Jeopardy and Other Matters) Act 2011 (Vic.)
Limited instances, such as where there is fresh or compelling new evidence, a person who has been found not guilty of an offence could be retried, in order to achieve a fair outcome.

Question 19

Simplification of juries directions

Answer 19

Juries Directions Act 2013

Provides guidelines for a judge’s direction to the jury and streamlines the summing up process

Question 20

Simplification of criminal procedure

Answer 20

“Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic.)
The Act makes changes such as abolishing redundant provisions, and using plain English and clear and consistent terminology.”

Question 21

Time Limits on Criminal Procedure

Answer 21

Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic.)

Question 22

Necessary to make it clear what conditions may be imposed on a person who has been granted bail. The conditions include:
– reporting to a police station
– residing at a particular address
– submitting to a curfew
– that the accused not contact specified persons or classes of persons

Answer 22

Bail Amendment Act 2013 (Vic.)

Question 23

Lays down the major rules relating to the granting of bail

Answer 23

Bail Act 1977 (Vic.)

Question 24

Drug trafficking

Answer 24

“Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic.)

Customs Act 1901 (Cth) “

Question 25

Reasons and rules for criminal sanctions

Answer 25

Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic.)

Question 26

Changed the Broadcasting Act 1942 to include requirements for political advertising

Answer 26

Political Broadcasts and Political Disclosures Act 1991