Victorian Numbered Acts

SENTENCING AMENDMENT (EMERGENCY WORKERS) ACT 2014 (NO. 69 OF 2014)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR VIOLENT OFFENCES AGAINST EMERGENCY WORKERS

           Division 1--Sentencing Act 1991 amendments

   3.      Custodial sentence must be imposed for gross violence offences  
   4.      New section 10AA inserted  
   5.      Special reasons relevant to sentencing  
   6.      New section 154 inserted  
   7.      Clarification of reference  

           Division 2--Crimes Act 1958 amendments

   8.      Legislative notes  

           Division 3--Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 amendments

   9.      Release on parole from youth justice centre  
   10.     Transfer to prison  

   PART 3--BASELINE SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF EMERGENCY WORKER ON DUTY

   11.     Baseline sentence for murder of emergency worker on duty  
   12.     New section 623 inserted  

   PART 4--ASSAULT OFFENCES AGAINST EMERGENCY WORKERS ON DUTY

   13.     Assaults  
   14.     New section 51 substituted  
   15.     Besetting premises  

   PART 5--COMMUNITY CORRECTION ORDERS

   16.     Sentencing guidelines  
   17.     Purpose of community correction order  
   18.     Imprisonment and a community correction order  
   19.     Schedule 1—Serious offender offences  

   PART 6--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   20.     Repeal of amending Act  
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