It is presumed that a child who is 12 or 13 years of age cannot commit an offence—see section 11 of the Youth Justice Act 2024.
2 It is presumed that a child who is 12 or 13 years of age cannot commit an offence—see section 11 of the Youth Justice Act 2024.
a family member of an affected person referred to in paragraph (a) or (ab); or
a witness to a criminal offence or conduct described in paragraph (ab);
S. 3(1) def. of police officer inserted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 175.1(a)).
police officer has the same meaning as in the Victoria Police Act 2013;
S. 3(1) def. of Post Sentence Authority inserted by No. 57/2017 s. 53(1), substituted by No. 27/2018 s. 371(1)(c).
Post Sentence Authority means the Post Sentence Authority continued in existence under section 290 of the Serious Offenders Act 2018;
S. 3(1) def. of prosecuting agency amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 175.1(c)), 42/2018 s. 3(b).
prosecuting agency means—
the DPP; or
a police officer; or
a person authorised to bring proceedings for a criminal offence against an enactment;
S. 3(1) def. of relative inserted by No. 52/2008 s. 267(2).
relative has the meaning given by section 10 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008;
Secretary means the Secretary to the Department of Justice;
S. 3(1) def. of sentence indication inserted by No. 1/2022 s. 116.
sentence indication means a sentence indication under section 207 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009;
S. 3(1) def. of supervision order inserted by No. 91/2009 s. 219(Sch. 3 item 6.1), amended by No. 27/2018 s. 371(1)(d).
supervision order means a supervision order within the meaning of the Serious Offenders Act 2018 or an interim supervision order under that Act;
S. 3(1) def. of victim amended by Nos 7/2014 s. 5(3), 5/2018 s. 21, 32/2024 s. 847.
victim means—
a natural person who has suffered injury as a direct result of a criminal offence, whether or not that injury was reasonably foreseeable by the offender; or
a natural person who has suffered injury as a direct result of conduct, whether or not that injury was reasonably foreseeable by the person who engaged in the conduct, if the conduct—
was engaged in by a child who was under 14 years of age at the time of engaging in the conduct; and
if engaged in by a person who is 14 years of age or over, would constitute a criminal offence; or
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