ACT Temporary Order Powers for Magistrates Regarding Treatment Order Breaches

Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (No 2)

Introduced by: Tara Cheyne (ALP)

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Magistrates Court can make temporary orders for offenders who breach treatment order obligations; this includes issuing warnings or cancelling a suspended prison sentence.
The Magistrates Court must give written notice of these temporary orders to the offender and the treatment order team.
Spent convictions are now considered irrelevant criminal records; they cannot be used for discrimination unless the offence is directly relevant to the situation.
Parties who agree to a privacy complaint conciliation must attend; failing to attend without a reasonable excuse is a criminal offence.
The Information Privacy Commissioner can only use information from a conciliation agreement if the parties agree to it.
The Residential Tenancies Act no longer applies to accommodation provided by registered providers under the Aged Care Act 2024 (Cwlth).
Sellers of residential property must provide prescribed documents if the premises have a regulated swimming pool.