{"id":"sr:victims-crime-commissioner-regulations-2020","name":"Victims of Crime Commissioner Regulations 2020","slug":"victims-of-crime-commissioner-regulations-2020","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":181583,"registerId":"vic-sr:victims-crime-commissioner-regulations-2020-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victims of Crime Commissioner Regulations 2020","content":"Version No. 002\n\n**Victims of Crime Commissioner Regulations 2020**\n\n**S.R. No. 66/2020**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n18 November 2024\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Regulation Page*\n\n1 Objective 1\n\n2 Authorising provision 1\n\n3 Definition 1\n\n4 Prescribed agencies 1\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes 4\n\n1 General information 4\n\n2 Table of Amendments 6\n\n3 Explanatory details 7\n\n**Version No.** **002**\n\n**Victims of Crime Commissioner Regulations 2020**\n\n**S.R. No. 66/2020**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n18 November 2024\n\n\t1 Objective\n\nThe objective of these Regulations is to prescribe certain agencies for the purposes of section 28(1A) of the **Victims of Crime Commissioner Act 2015**.\n\n\t2 Authorising provision\n\nThese Regulations are made under section 47 of the **Victims of Crime Commissioner Act 2015**.\n\n\t3 Definition\n\nIn these Regulations—\n\n***State contract*** means a contract entered into for or on behalf of the State and includes a subcontract made under the contract.\n\n\t4 Prescribed agencies\n\nFor the purposes of section 28(1A) of the **Victims of Crime Commissioner Act 2015**, the prescribed agencies are the following—\n\n(a) Victoria Police within the meaning of the **Victoria Police Act 2013**;\n\n(b) the Office of Public Prosecutions continued under section 39 of the **Public Prosecutions Act 1994**;\n\n(c) Victoria Legal Aid established under section 3 of the **Legal Aid Act 1978**, to the extent that Victoria Legal Aid performs functions relating to the provision of services to victims of crime;\n\n(d) a Community Legal Service within the meaning of the **Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014** that is certified and accredited under the National Accreditation Scheme for Community Legal Centres, to the extent that the Community Legal Service performs functions relating to the provision of services to victims of crime;\n\nReg. 4(da) inserted by S.R. No. 128/2024 reg. 4.\n\n(da) the scheme decision maker within the meaning of the **Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Act 2022**;\n\n(e) the Secretary, to the extent that the Secretary manages or delivers services or programs for victims of crime;\n\n(f) a person or body that receives funding under a State contract to provide specialist victims of crime services, to the extent that the person or body performs functions relating to the provision of services to victims of crime;\n\n(g) a person or body that receives funding under a State contract to provide specialist family violence services, to the extent that the person or body performs functions relating to the provision of services to victims of crime;\n\n(h) a person or body that receives funding under a State contract to provide services to victim survivors of sexual assault, to the extent that the person or body performs functions relating to the provision of services to victims of crime;\n\n(i) an authorised Hub entity within the meaning of section 144SB of the **Family Violence Protection Act 2008**, to the extent that the authorised Hub entity performs functions relating to the provision of services to victims of crime;\n\n(j) the Victorian WorkCover Authority continued in existence by section 491(1) of the **Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013**, to the extent that the Victorian WorkCover Authority performs functions relating to the provision of services to victims of crime.\n\n═════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\nThe Victims of Crime Commissioner Regulations 2020, S.R. No. 66/2020 were made on 30 June 2020 by the Governor in Council under section 47 of the **Victims of Crime Commissioner Act 2015**, No. 56/2015 and came into operation on 30 June 2020.\n\nThe Victims of Crime Commissioner Regulations 2020 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 30 June 2030 (see section 5 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**).\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nThis includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.  \nSee section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nSee section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after  \n1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThis publication incorporates amendments made to the Victims of Crime Commissioner Regulations 2020 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\nVictims of Crime Commissioner Amendment Regulations 2024, S.R. No. 128/2024\n\n| *Date of Making:* | 12.11.24 |\n| --- | --- |\n| *Date of Commencement:* | 18.11.24: reg. 3 |\n\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n3 Explanatory details\n\nNo entries at date of publication.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The original 2020 regulations established the basic framework. The 2024 amendment (Reg. 4(da)) added the 'scheme decision maker' under the Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Act 2022, expanding the Commissioner's oversight to cover the new state compensation scheme for victims. This represents a modest expansion of scope to align with new victim support infrastructure, though the fundamental purpose (listing agencies the Commissioner can investigate) remains unchanged."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 substantive regulations with minimal text","Single defined term ('State contract')","Straightforward list structure in Regulation 4 with no nested conditions or cross-references within the operative provisions","Some complexity in sub-paragraphs (c) through (j) which limit scope with 'to the extent that' qualifiers, but these are standard limiting clauses rather than complex conditional logic","Heavy reliance on external statutory definitions (e.g., 'Victoria Police', 'Community Legal Service', 'authorised Hub entity') but these are simple pointers to other Acts rather than complex interpretive provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical regulation that tells government agencies and service providers exactly who must cooperate with the Victims of Crime Commissioner.\n\n**What it does:**\nThe Victims of Crime Commissioner is an independent watchdog who investigates complaints from victims of crime about how they were treated by government agencies. Under the main Act, the Commissioner can investigate complaints about \"prescribed agencies.\" These Regulations create the list of who those agencies are.\n\n**Who it affects:**\nThe list includes:\n* **Police and prosecutors** — Victoria Police and the Office of Public Prosecutions\n* **Legal services** — Victoria Legal Aid and accredited Community Legal Services (but only when they're helping victims of crime)\n* **The new Financial Assistance Scheme** — the scheme decision maker who handles compensation claims for victims\n* **Government departments** — the Secretary (senior public servant) when managing victim services\n* **Funded service providers** — any organisation that gets state government money to provide specialist services to victims of crime, family violence survivors, or sexual assault survivors\n* **Family Violence hubs** — authorised entities running multi-agency family violence support hubs\n* **WorkCover** — the Victorian WorkCover Authority (when dealing with victims)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nIf you're a victim of crime and you complain to the Commissioner about one of these organisations, the Commissioner has the power to investigate. If an organisation isn't on this list, the Commissioner generally can't investigate complaints about them. This list has grown over time — the 2024 amendment added the Financial Assistance Scheme decision maker, reflecting new victim compensation laws."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The Regulations were amended in 2024 (Victims of Crime Commissioner Amendment Regulations 2024, S.R. No. 128/2024) to insert reg 4(da), expressly adding the \"scheme decision maker\" under the Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Act 2022 to the list of prescribed agencies. The Regulations already treat organisations funded under a State contract and accredited community legal centres as prescribed agencies only to the extent they perform victim-service functions (Reg 3–4)."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument with only four regulations (low structural complexity)","Multiple cross-references to other Acts and external statutory definitions (Reg 4 cites several Acts), creating interpretive dependencies","Scope limited by repeated \"to the extent that\" qualifications, requiring function-level factual assessment of organisations' activities (Reg 4)","A defined term ('State contract') affects inclusion of subcontractors and funding relationships (Reg 3)","Recent amendment inserted a new paragraph (4(da)) adding the scheme decision maker, altering scope and requiring readers to track amendments (S.R. No. 128/2024 reg. 4)","Temporal constraint noted in Endnotes (sunset date under Subordinate Legislation Act 1994) affects duration of effect"],"plain_english_summary":"The Regulations list which bodies count as `prescribed agencies` for section 28(1A) of the Victims of Crime Commissioner Act 2015, naming police, the Office of Public Prosecutions, Victoria Legal Aid (for victim work), accredited community legal centres, the Secretary (for victim programs), state‑funded specialist service providers, Family Violence Hubs, WorkCover and the scheme decision maker under the Financial Assistance Scheme (Reg 3–4). That classification determines which organisations fall within the Commissioner’s statutory reach for victim services and related duties."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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However, a definitive scope assessment is not possible without access to the full substantive text."},"complexity_factors":["Insufficient substantive text provided — only metadata and version history are visible, preventing full complexity assessment","Regulations of this type are typically procedural and administrative in nature, which tends toward lower complexity","Supporting regulations are generally less complex than their parent Acts","No cross-referencing provisions, definitions, or operative clauses visible to assess"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out the practical rules for how the Victims of Crime Commissioner — an independent advocate for people harmed by crime — operates, covering procedures, forms and administrative requirements that underpin the Commissioner's functions.\n\nThey affect victims who engage with the office, the Commissioner and staff, and agencies interacting with victims. 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