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Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws) Act 2015

No. 6 of 2015

table of provisions

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Principal Act

4Direction to move on

5Arrest of person found in contravention of direction to move on

6Requirement to give name and address

7Exclusion orders

8Transitional provisions

9Repeal of amending Act

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Endnotes

1      General information

Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws) Act 2015

No. 6 of 2015

[Assented to 25 March 2015]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to repeal certain amendments made to the Summary Offences Act 1966 by the Summary Offences and Sentencing Amendment Act 2014 in relation to move-on powers and related exclusion orders.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Principal Act

In this Act, the Summary Offences Act 1966 is called the Principal Act.

4Direction to move on

(1)In section 6(1)(c) of the Principal Act, for "safety; or" substitute "safety.".

(2)In section 6(1) of the Principal Act, paragraphs (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) are repealed.

(3)Section 6(1A) of the Principal Act is repealed.

(4)In section 6(2) of the Principal Act, omit "and may apply to an individual person or a group of persons".

(5)In section 6(5) of the Principal Act, for "Subject to subsection (6), subsections (1)(a) and (f) do" substitute "This section does".

(6)Section 6(6) of the Principal Act is repealed.

5Arrest of person found in contravention of direction to move on

Section 6A of the Principal Act is repealed.

6Requirement to give name and address

Section 6B of the Principal Act is repealed.

7Exclusion orders

Division 1B of Part I of the Principal Act is repealed.

8Transitional provisions

After section 62(9) of the Principal Act insert—

"(10)Section 6A as in force immediately before its repeal by the Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws) Act 2015 continues to apply in respect of an arrest made under that section before the commencement of the Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws) Act 2015.

(11)An exclusion order made under Division 1B of Part I and in effect immediately before the commencement of the Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws) Act 2015 ceases to have effect on that commencement.

(12)On the commencement of the Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws) Act 2015, the Chief Commissioner of Police is not required to provide to the Minister a report under section 6J (as in force immediately before its repeal) in respect of the period during which section 6J was in force.".

9Repeal of amending Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of the day on which it comes into operation.

Note

The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).

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Endnotes

1   General information

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

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 11 February 2015

Legislative Council: 26 February 2015

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to repeal certain amendments made by the Summary Offences and Sentencing Amendment Act 2014 and for other purposes."