Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsThe purpose of this Act is to amend the Crimes Act 1958 to further provide for—
(a) the offence of rape and certain other sexual offences that require the prosecution to prove that the accused was aware that the victim was not consenting or might not have been consenting to a sexual act; and
(b) the use of jury directions on consent and on the accused's awareness in trials relating to charges for such offences.