Court Security Regulations 2025 (Vic)

Version No. 001

Court Security Regulations 2025

S.R. No. 61/2025

Version as at

2 July 2025

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4Revocations

5Definitions

6Prescribed courts

7Prescribed clerks

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Endnotes

1     General information

2     Table of Amendments

3     Explanatory details

Version No. 001

Court Security Regulations 2025

S.R. No. 61/2025

Version as at

2 July 2025

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe, for the purposes of the Court Security Act 1980—

(a)various tribunals, bodies and persons as a court; and

(b)persons who hold particular offices as a clerk.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 6 of the Court Security Act 1980.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 2 July 2025.

4Revocations

The following Regulations are revoked—

(a)the Court Security Regulations 2015[1];

(b)the Court Security Amendment Regulations 2016[2].

5Definitions

In these Regulations—

Chief Examiner has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004;

Examiner means an Examiner appointed under Part 3 of the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004;

Firearms Appeals Committee means the Committee established under Part 9 of the Firearms Act 1996;

IBAChas the same meaning as in section 3 of the Independent Broad-based Anti‑corruption Commission Act 2011;

Integrity Oversight Victoria has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Integrity Oversight Victoria Act 2011;

Mental Health Tribunal has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022;

Royal Commission means—

(a)a Royal Commission established under the Inquiries Act 2014; or

(b)a Royal Commission established under the prerogative of the Crown;

Victorian Racing Tribunal has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Racing Act 1958.

6Prescribed courts

For the purposes of paragraph (h) of the definition of court in section 2(1) of the Court Security Act 1980, each of the following tribunals, bodies or persons is prescribed—

(a)the Chief Examiner and an Examiner;

(b)the Firearms Appeals Committee;

(c)the IBAC;

(d)Integrity Oversight Victoria;

(e)the Mental Health Tribunal;

(f)a Royal Commission;

(g)the Victorian Racing Tribunal.

7Prescribed clerks

For the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of clerk in section 2(1) of the Court Security Act 1980, each of the following persons is prescribed—

(a)in the case of the Chief Examiner and an Examiner, the Officer in Charge, Office of Chief Examiner;

(b)in the case of the Firearms Appeals Committee, the Secretary of the Firearms Appeals Committee;

(c)in the case of the IBAC, the Commissioner of the IBAC;

(d)in the case of Integrity Oversight Victoria, the Chief Integrity Inspector of Integrity Oversight Victoria;

(e)in the case of a Royal Commission, the commissioner or, if there is more than one commissioner, the chairperson of the Royal Commission;

(f)in the case of the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal, the principal registrar of the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal;

(g)in the case of the Victorian Racing Tribunal, the Victorian Racing Tribunal Registrar.

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ENDNOTES

1   General information

See for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

The Court Security Regulations 2025, S.R. No. 61/2025 were made on 1 July 2025 by the Governor in Council under section 6 of the Court Security Act 1980, No. 9499/1980 and came into operation on 2 July 2025: regulation 3.

The Court Security Regulations 2025 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 1 July 2035 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)

Style changes

Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.

References to ILA s. 39B

Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.

Interpretation

As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:

•     Headings

All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule.  Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. 
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).

•     Examples, diagrams or notes

All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule.  Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule.  See section 36(3A).

•     Punctuation

All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule.  Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).

•     Provision numbers

All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001.  Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs.  See section 36(3C).

•     Location of "legislative items"

A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note.  As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision.  For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision.  See section 36B.

•     Other material

Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule.  See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).

2   Table of Amendments

There are no amendments made to the Court Security Regulations 2025 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.

3   Explanatory details

[1] Reg. 4(a): S.R. No. 89/2015 as amended by S.R. No. 74/2016.

[2] Reg. 4(b): S.R. No. 74/2016.