Victorian Numbered Acts

JURY DIRECTIONS ACT 2015 (NO. 14 OF 2015) - SECT 9

The purposes of this Part are—

        (a)     to assist the trial judge to discharge his or her duty to determine—

              (i)     the matters in issue in the trial; and

              (ii)     the directions that he or she should give to the jury; and

              (iii)     the content of those directions; and

        (b)     to ensure that legal practitioners appearing in a criminal trial discharge their duty to assist the trial judge in his or her determination of the matters referred to in paragraph (a); and

        (c)     to provide for the directions that the trial judge should give to the jury if the accused is not represented by a legal practitioner.