Victorian Numbered Acts

MONITORING OF PLACES OF DETENTION BY THE UNITED NATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE (OPCAT) ACT 2022 (NO. 45 OF 2022) - NOTES

No. 45 of 2022

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Victoria

Monitoring of Places of Detention by the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (OPCAT) Act 2022^[†]

No. 45 of 2022

[Assented to 27 September 2022]

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^[†]     Minister's second reading speech—

    Legislative Assembly: 4 August 2022

    Legislative Council: 1 September 2022

    The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to facilitate visits to places of detention and access to information by the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in accordance with the Subcommittee's mandate under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and for other purposes."