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Summary Offences Amendment (Decriminalisation
of Public Drunkenness) Act 2021
No. of 2021
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
Part 1--Preliminary 1
1 Purposes 1
2 Commencement 2
3 Principal Act 2
Part 2--Amendment of Principal Act 3
4 Heading preceding section 13 repealed 3
5 Section 13 repealed 3
6 Section 14 repealed 3
7 Section 15 repealed 3
8 Section 16 repealed 3
9 Power to serve infringement notice 3
10 Infringement penalty 3
11 Section 60AC repealed 3
Part 3--Consequential amendments to other Acts 4
12 Consequential amendment of Bail Act 1977 4
13 Consequential amendment of Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 4
Part 4--Repeal of this Act 5
14 Repeal of this Act 5
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Endnotes 6
1 General information 6
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Summary Offences Amendment
(Decriminalisation of Public
Drunkenness) Act 2021
No. of 2021
[Assented to ]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
Part 1--Preliminary
1 Purposes
The main purposes of this Act are--
(a) to amend the Summary Offences
Act 1966--
(i) to repeal offences relating to public
drunkenness; and
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Part 1--Preliminary
(ii) to make consequential amendments
relating to powers of arrest and issue of
infringement notices for public
drunkenness offences; and
(b) to make consequential amendments to the
Bail Act 1977 and the Liquor Control
Reform Act 1998.
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into
operation on a day or days to be proclaimed.
(2) If a provision of this Act does not come into
operation before 7 November 2022, it comes into
operation on that day.
3 Principal Act
In this Act, the Summary Offences Act 1966 is
called the Principal Act.
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Part 2--Amendment of Principal Act
Part 2--Amendment of Principal Act
4 Heading preceding section 13 repealed
The heading preceding section 13 of the Principal
Act is repealed.
5 Section 13 repealed
Section 13 of the Principal Act is repealed.
6 Section 14 repealed
Section 14 of the Principal Act is repealed.
7 Section 15 repealed
Section 15 of the Principal Act is repealed.
8 Section 16 repealed
Section 16 of the Principal Act is repealed.
9 Power to serve infringement notice
(1) In section 60AA(1) of the Principal Act omit
"13, 14,".
(2) In the note at the foot of section 60AA(1) of the
Principal Act omit all words and expressions
beginning "Section 13" and ending "disorderly in
a public place.".
(3) In section 60AA(1AB)(a) of the Principal Act
omit ", 13, 14,".
(4) Section 60AA(3) of the Principal Act is repealed.
10 Infringement penalty
(1) In section 60AB(4) of the Principal Act omit
"13 or".
(2) Section 60AB(5) of the Principal Act is repealed.
11 Section 60AC repealed
Section 60AC of the Principal Act is repealed.
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Part 3--Consequential amendments to other Acts
Part 3--Consequential amendments to other
Acts
12 Consequential amendment of Bail Act 1977
In section 11(1) of the Bail Act 1977, for "any of
the provisions of sections 13, 14, 16 and 17"
substitute "section 17".
13 Consequential amendment of Liquor Control
Reform Act 1998
Item 4 of Schedule 2 to the Liquor Control
Reform Act 1998 is repealed.
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Part 4--Repeal of this Act
Part 4--Repeal of this Act
14 Repeal of this Act
This Act is repealed on 7 November 2023.
Note
The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of
the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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Endnotes
Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current
authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
Minister's second reading speech--
Legislative Assembly:
Legislative Council:
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the
Summary Offences Act 1966 to repeal offences relating to public
drunkenness, to make consequential amendments to the Bail Act 1977
and the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 and for other purposes."
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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