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  • About the Authors
  • Ch 1: Overview
  • Ch 2: Constitution
  • Ch 3: Substantive Law
    • 1. Aged Care
    • 2. Commercial >
      • A. Bankruptcy & Insolvency
      • b. Contract
      • c. Competition & Consumer
      • d. Corporations & Associations
      • e. Transactions
    • 3. Criminal >
      • a. Bail
      • b. Corrections Management
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      • d. Sentencing
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      • g. Enforcement
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      • b. Parenting Orders
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      • b. Audits
      • c. Economic Support / Stimulus
      • d. Social Security
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      • f. Taxation
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      • a. Obligations
      • b. Government administration
      • c. Public service
      • d. Education
      • e. Transport
      • f. Utilities & Resources
    • 11. Guardianship, Administration & Vulnerable People
    • 12. Human Rights / Civil Liberties
    • 13. Industrial >
      • a. Awards
      • b. Enterprise Agreements
      • c. Stand-downs, redundancies & terminations
      • d. Jobkeeper
      • e. Remuneration & wages
      • f. Leave entitlements
      • g. Protected action
      • h. Workers Comp & Employee safety
    • 14. Maritime
    • 15. Migration
    • 16. Public Security
    • 17. Planning & Environment
    • 18. Property >
      • a. Leases
      • b. Caveats
      • c. Mortgages
      • d. Housing Assistance
      • e. Ownership
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      • a. Biosecurity / Public Health
      • b. Health & Insurance
      • c. Medicine & Midwifery
      • d. Medicines, Vaccines & Therapeutic Goods
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    • 21. Regulatory / Professional Discipline
    • 22. Tort
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  • Ch 4: Court Practice & Procedure
    • 1. Open Justice
    • 2. Legislation, Rules and Practice Notes
    • 3. Evidence
    • 4. Criminal Procedure >
      • A. Adjournments
      • B. Hearings by alternative means
      • C. Crimes Mental Impairment
      • D. Juries and trials by judge alone
    • 5. Civil Procedure >
      • A. Abridgements
      • B. Adjournments
      • C. Amendments
      • D. Determinations otherwise than by oral hearing
      • E. Discovery
      • F. Hearings by alternative means
      • G. Security for costs
      • H. Service of documents
      • I. Stay of proceedings, judgments, orders and other decisions
      • J. Timetabling
      • K. Trials by judge alone
  • Ch 5: Further Resources
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  • Last updated: 15 May 2020 (cases); 21 June 2020 (legislation)
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3. Criminal

​C.  New Crimes / Infringements

i.  Legislation
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Victoria:
Made under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 (Vic):
  • Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2019 amended by the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Infringements) Regulations 2020
 
Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 (Vic) amended by the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (Vic).
 
Fines Reform Act 2014 (Vic) amended by the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (Vic).
 
Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 (Vic) amended by the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (Vic).
 
Sentencing Amendment (Emergency Worker Harm) Act 2020 (Vic), the purpose of which is:
  • to amend the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) in relation to sentencing for certain offences committed against emergency workers and others and to require a review of the amendments made by this Act to be undertaken;
  • to amend the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic) in relation to indictable offences that may be heard and determined summarily; and
  • to make minor amendments to the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) and the Serious Offenders Act 2018 (Vic).

New South Wales:
Made under the Public Health Act 2010 (NSW):
  • Public Health Regulation 2012 amended by the Public Health Amendment (Penalty Notices) Regulation 2020

Queensland:
Made under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 (Qld):
  • State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014 amended by:
    • Public Health and Other Legislation (Public Health Emergency) Amendment Act 2020 (Qld)
    • Local Government Electoral (2020 Quadrennial Election) Regulation 2020
    • Electoral (By-elections Before Next General Election) Regulation 2020

​Tasmania:
Made under the Public Health Act 1997 (Tas):
  • Public Health (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2012 amended by:
    • Public Health (Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulations 2020; and
    • Public Health (Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2020.
 
Made under the Emergency Management Act 2006 (Tas):
  • Emergency Management Regulations 2020: prescribes (a) a failure to comply with a lawful requirement or direction of an emergency management worker as an offence in respect of which an infringement notice may be issued and served under that Act; and (b) the penalty payable under an infringement notice for that offence.

South Australia:
Made under the Emergency Management Act 2004 (SA):
  • Emergency Management Regulations 2009 amended by the Emergency Management (Expiation Notices) Variation Regulations 2020
 
South Australian Public Health Act 2011 (SA), s 79 amended by the South Australian Public Health (Controlled Notifiable Conditions) Amendment Act 2020 (SA).
 
Made under the South Australian Public Health Act 2011 (SA):
  • Authority to Give Expiation Notices pursuant to the Expiation of Offences Act 1996 (p583)

Western Australia:
The Criminal Code (WA) amended by the Criminal Code Amendment (COVID-19 Response) Act 2020 (WA).
 
Made under the Emergency Management Act 2005 (WA):
  • Emergency Management Regulations 2006 amended by the Emergency Management Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2020
 
Made under the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 (WA):
  • Criminal Procedure Regulations 2005 amended by the Justice Regulations Amendment (Emergency Management) Regulations 2020
 
Made under the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994 (WA):
  • Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Regulations 1994 amended by the Justice Regulations Amendment (Emergency Management) Regulations 2020

Australian Capital Territory:
Made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (ACT):
  • Magistrates Court (Public Health (COVID-19) Infringement Notices) Regulation 2020: to provide for infringement notices under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (ACT), Pt 3.8, for certain offences against the Public Health Act 1997 (ACT).

ii.  Case law
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This is an area of substantive law that is very likely to result in case law. As of the last update, we are not aware of any relevant decision of a superior court in this area.

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