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Schedule 3—Violent offences
Sch. 3 item 1 amended by No. 64/2017 s. 25.
1. A serious violent offence.
Sch. 3 item 2 amended by No. 32/2017 s. 9(1).
2. An offence at common law of common assault.
3. An offence against any of the following sections of the **Crimes Act 1958**—
(a) section 18 (causing injury intentionally or recklessly);
(b) section 19 (administering certain substances);
(c) section 21A (stalking);
(d) section 22 (conduct endangering life);
(e) section 23 (conduct endangering persons);
(f) section 24 (negligently causing serious injury);
(g) section 25 (setting traps etc. to kill);
(h) section 26 (setting traps etc. to cause serious injury);
Sch. 3 item 3(i) repealed by No. 45/2019 s. 44.
(j) section 28 (extortion with threat to destroy property etc.);
(k) section 29 (using firearm to resist arrest etc.);
(l) section 30 (threatening injury to prevent arrest);
(m) section 31 (assaults);
(n) section 31A (use of firearms in commission of offences);
(o) section 31B (being armed with criminal intent);
(p) section 32 (performing female genital mutilation);
(q) section 33 (taking person from Victoria with intention of having prohibited female genital mutilation performed);
(r) section 75 (robbery);
(s) section 76 (burglary) in circumstances where the offender entered the building or part of the building as a trespasser with intent to commit an offence involving an assault to a person in the building or part in question;
Sch. 3 item 3(sa) inserted by No. 32/2017 s. 9(2).
(sa) section 195H (affray);
Sch. 3 item 3(sb) inserted by No. 32/2017 s. 9(2).
(sb) section 195I (violent disorder);
(t) section 197(2) (destroying or damaging property) in circumstances where the offender intends by the destruction or damage to endanger the life of another;
(u) section 198 (threats to destroy or damage property);
(v) section 199 (possessing anything with intent to destroy or damage property);
(w) section 317 (offences connected with explosive substances);
(x) section 317A (bomb hoaxes).
4. An offence of conspiracy to commit, incitement to commit or attempting to commit any of the offences referred to in clauses 1, 2 and 3.
5. An offence, whether committed in Victoria or elsewhere, the necessary elements of which consist of elements that constitute any of the offences referred to in clauses 1, 2 and 3.
6. An offence against any of the following sections of the **Family Violence Protection Act 2008**—
(a) section 37 (contravention of family violence safety notice);
(b) section 37A (contravention of family violence safety notice intending to cause harm or fear for safety);
(c) section 123 (contravention of family violence intervention order);
(d) section 123A (contravention of family violence intervention order intending to cause harm or fear for safety);
(e) section 125A (persistent contravention of family violence safety notice or family violence intervention order).
7. An offence against section 100 (contravention of personal safety intervention order) of the **Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010**.
Sch. 4 inserted by No. 31/2017 s. 14, amended by No. 64/2017 s. 26, repealed by No. 32/2018 s. 126.
Sch. 5 inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 117.