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Summary Offences Amendment (Move-on Laws)
Act 2015
No. 6 of 2015
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
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1 Purpose
2 Commencement
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3 Principal Act
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4 Direction to move on
2
5 Arrest of person found in contravention of direction to move on
2
6 Requirement to give name and address
2
7 Exclusion orders
2
8 Transitional provisions
2
9 Repeal of amending Act
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Endnotes
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General information
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Victoria
Summary Offences Amendment (Moveon Laws) Act 2015†
No. 6 of 2015
[Assented to 25 March 2015]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
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.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
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3 Principal Act
In this Act, the Summary Offences Act 1966 is
called the Principal Act.
4 Direction 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paragraphs (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) are repealed.
(3) Section 6(1A) of the Principal Act is repealed.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(6) Section 6(6) of the Principal Act is repealed.
5 Arrest of person found in contravention of direction
to move on
Section 6A of the Principal Act is repealed.
6 Requirement to give name and address
Section 6B of the Principal Act is repealed.
7 Exclusion orders
Division 1B of Part I of the Principal Act is
repealed.
8 Transitional 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
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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.".
9 Repeal 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
Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current
authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
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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."
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