Lower evidentiary threshold for interim high risk offender orders
Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (No. 2) 2025
1st House
2nd House
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Courts can now issue interim high risk offender orders if the evidence is likely to justify the order; it no longer needs to be proven.
Criminal offence for voters to vote in multiple divisions of the Assembly or Council during the same election.
Evidence about a person's sexual experience is now admissible for people charged under section 170A of the Evidence Act.
Police sergeants or authorised officers can apply to a court to review a magistrate's declaration of a serial family violence perpetrator.
Review applications for serial family violence declarations must be served on the DPP or the Commissioner of Police.
The Secretary must give every appointed justice of the peace a unique registration number in writing.
Acts by a justice of the peace remain valid if their appointment expired without them knowing; they must have acted in good faith.