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Western Australia
Victims of Crime Amendment Bill 2003
CONTENTS
1. Short title 1
2. Commencement 2
3. The Act amended 2
4. Section 4 inserted 2
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(As amended during consideration in detail)
Victims of Crime Amendment Bill 2003
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Victims of Crime Act 1994.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Victims of Crime Amendment
Act 2003.
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2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
3. The Act amended
5 The amendments in this Act are to the Victims of Crime
Act 1994*.
[* Act No. 81 of 1994.
For subsequent amendments see 2001 Index to Legislation of
Western Australia, Table 1, p. 397.]
10 4. Section 4 inserted
After section 3 the following section is inserted --
"
4. Information about victims, provision of by police
and DPP
15 (1) In this section --
"Department" means the department of the Public
Service principally assisting the Minister in the
administration of this Act;
"DPP" means the Director of Public Prosecutions
20 appointed under the Director of Public
Prosecutions Act 1991.
"prescribed information", in relation to a victim,
means --
(a) the name, address, telephone number, age
25 and ethnicity of the victim;
(b) a description of the offence and an abridged
description of the circumstances of its
commission;
(c) the name of the offender or alleged offender,
30 if known;
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(d) the name, rank and registered number of the
member of the Police Force in charge of
investigating the offence;
(e) the police station or office where information
5 about the investigation of the offence is held;
(f) the status of the investigation and
prosecution of the offence by the Police
Force; and
(g) any information prescribed by the
10 regulations.
(2) The Commissioner of Police may provide the chief
executive officer of the Department with prescribed
information in relation to a victim so that the
Department can offer the victim the services it has
15 available for victims.
(3) The DPP may provide the chief executive officer of the
Department with such information in relation to a
victim as the DPP thinks fit so that the Department can
offer the victim the services it has available for victims.
20 (4) Any information provided under subsection (2) or (3)
must be provided in confidence.
(5) The provision of information under subsection (2) or
(3) in confidence and in good faith does not constitute
a breach of any written or other law.
25 (6) Information provided under subsection (2) or (3) must
not be used by the Department for purposes other than
those specified in subsection (2) or (3).
".
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