S. 3 def. of acknowledge-ment of sex application inserted by No. 25/2019 s. 31.
acknowledgement of sex application means an application—
(a) under section 30A or 30E of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996; or
(b) under a corresponding section referred to in paragraph (a) of an equivalent law of another State or a Territory;
Adult Parole Board means the Adult Parole Board established under the Corrections Act 1986;
assessment report means a report referred to in section 269;
authorised instrument of restraint means an instrument, or a type of instrument, that is approved under section 55D of the Corrections Act 1986 and is used in the manner determined by the Secretary under that section;
S. 3 def. of authorised person inserted by No. 28/2025 s. 3(2).
authorised person means—
(a) any member, or the secretary, of the Adult Parole Board; or
(b) the Secretary; or
(c) an independent prison visitor appointed under section 35 of the Corrections Act 1986; or
(d) any person employed in the Department of Justice and Community Safety; or
(e) any person who delivers services or advice to, or on behalf of, the Department of Justice and Community Safety, whether paid or unpaid; or
(f) the Secretary to the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing or the Secretary to the Department of Health; or
(g) any person employed in the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing or the Department of Health; or
(h) any person who delivers services or advice on behalf of the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing or the Department of Health; or
(i) a person employed or engaged by a hospital listed in Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1988; or
(j) a person employed or engaged by a hospital listed in Schedule 2 to the Health Services Act 1988; or
(k) a person employed or engaged by a public health service listed in Schedule 5 to the Health Services Act 1988; or
(l) any member of the Authority or any employee assisting the Authority under section 301 to perform its functions; or
(m) any person who delivers services or advice to, or on behalf of, the Authority, whether paid or unpaid; or
(n) a person or body from which a responsible agency seeks or obtains advice; or
(o) a person or body prescribed as a responsible agency under paragraph (d) of the definition of responsible agency; or
(p) the Chief Commissioner of Police; or
(q) a police officer; or
(r) any Victoria Police employee within the meaning of the Victoria Police Act 2013; or
(s) any person who delivers services or advice on behalf of Victoria Police; or
(t) an Australian lawyer engaged for the purpose of obtaining legal advice or representation in relation to the administration or operation of this Act; or
(u) the Secretary to the Department of Home Affairs of the Commonwealth; or
(v) any person employed in the Department of Home Affairs of the Commonwealth; or
(w) any person who delivers services or advice on behalf of the Department of Home Affairs of the Commonwealth; or
(x) the Secretary to the Attorney-General's Department of the Commonwealth; or
(y) any person employed in the
Attorney-General's Department of
the Commonwealth; or
(z) any person who delivers services
or advice on behalf of the
Attorney-General's Department of
the Commonwealth; or
(za) the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; or
(zb) a member or a special member of the Australian Federal Police; or
(zc) the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions; or
(zd) any person employed in the Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions; or
(ze) any person who delivers services or advice on behalf of the Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions; or
(zf) the DPP; or
(zg) the Chief Crown Prosecutor within the meaning of the Public Prosecutions Act 1994; or
(zh) any Crown Prosecutor or Associate Crown Prosecutor within the meaning of the Public Prosecutions Act 1994; or
(zi) the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions appointed under the Public Prosecutions Act 1994; or
(zj) any person employed in the Office of Public Prosecutions for Victoria; or
(zk) any person who delivers services or advice on behalf of the Office of Public Prosecutions for Victoria; or
(zl) an NDIS provider, and a registered NDIS provider, within the meaning of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 of the Commonwealth; or
(zm) the Attorney General for New South Wales; or
(zn) a prescribed person or body;
Authority means the Post Sentence Authority continued in existence under section 290;
certificate of available resources means a certificate referred to in section 344;
Chief Commissioner of Police means the Chief Commissioner of Police appointed under section 17 of the Victoria Police Act 2013;
Commissioner means the person employed as Commissioner under section 8A of the Corrections Act 1986;
community corrections officer has the same meaning as in the Corrections Act 1986;
coordinated services plan means a plan referred to in section 332;
core conditions, in relation to a supervision order or an interim supervision order, means the conditions set out in section 31;
S. 3 def. of custodial sentence amended by No. 43/2020 s. 39.
custodial sentence means—
(a) a sentence imposed by a court that an offender serve a term of imprisonment; or
(b) that part of an old combined custody and treatment order (within the meaning of clause 1 of Schedule 3 to the Sentencing Act 1991) which an offender serves in a prison; or
(c) that part of a sentence imposed by a court that an offender be detained in a youth justice centre which an offender serves in a prison or police gaol (excluding any period in a prison or police gaol solely on a temporary basis pending transfer to or from a youth justice centre); or
(d) an order made under section 18M of the Sentencing Act 1991; or
(e) an order made under section 31(5)(a) or (b) of the Sentencing Act 1991 (as in force before its repeal); or
(f) an order made under section 83AR(1)(a) or (b) of the Sentencing Act 1991 (as in force before its repeal); or
(g) a court secure treatment order made under section 94B of the Sentencing Act 1991 or an order taken to be a court secure treatment order by section 94G of that Act—
but does not include—
(h) a suspended sentence of imprisonment except as provided in paragraph (e) or (f); or
(i) a drug and alcohol treatment order referred to in section 18ZT of the Sentencing Act 1991; or
(j) an intensive correction order made under section 19 of the Sentencing Act 1991 (as in force before its repeal); or
(k) a community correction order made under Part 3A of the Sentencing Act 1991; or
(l) an order made under section 59 of the Corrections Act 1986 (as in force before its repeal);
S. 3 def. of designated mental health service amended by No. 39/2022 s. 865.
designated mental health service has the same meaning as in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022;
S. 3 def. of detention order amended by No. 45/2019 s. 3(a).
detention order means an order made under section 62, 73, 107 or 108 and includes any extension of the order;
DPP means the Director of Public Prosecutions for Victoria;
eligible offender has the meaning set out in section 8;
emergency detention order means an order made under section 89 or 120;
firearms authority means a licence, permit or other authority under the Firearms Act 1996 to possess, carry or use firearms;
garment search means a search of any article of clothing worn by a person or in the person's possession, where the article of clothing is touched or removed from the person's body;
immigration detention has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth;
indefinite sentence has the same meaning as in the Sentencing Act 1991;
intensive treatment and supervision condition means a condition on a supervision order imposed under section 32;
interim detention order means an order made under section 76 or 122;
interim supervision order means an order made under section 47 or 122;
law enforcement agency means—
(a) Victoria Police; or
(b) the Australian Federal Police;
legal practitioner means an Australian legal practitioner;
medical expert means—
(a) a person who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law as a medical practitioner in the speciality of psychiatry (other than as a student); or
(b) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the psychology profession (other than as a student); or
(c) a person who is qualified or registered to practise psychology in a place outside Australia; or
(d) any other health service provider (within the meaning of the Health Complaints Act 2016) of a prescribed kind;
notice to attend means a notice served under section 303 requiring a person to attend a meeting of the Authority;
notice to produce means a notice served under section 303 requiring a person to produce a specified document or other thing to the Authority;
officer in charge means—
(a) in the case of a residential facility, the officer in charge of the residential facility; or
(b) in the case of a residential treatment facility, the officer in charge of the residential treatment facility; or
(c) in the case of any other place where an offender resides, the Commissioner;
pat-down search means a search of a person where the person's clothed body is touched;
physical examination means an examination of a person's body that involves touching of the person or removal of the person's clothing;
police gaol has the same meaning as in the Corrections Act 1986;
prison has the same meaning as in the Corrections Act 1986;
prison officer has the same meaning as in the Corrections Act 1986;
progress report means a report referred to in section 270;
registered dentist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law—
(a) to practise in the dental profession as a dentist (other than as a student); and
(b) in the dentists division of that profession;
registered nurse means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law—
(a) to practise in the nursing and midwifery profession as a nurse (other than as a midwife or as a student); and
(b) in the registered nurses division of that profession;
S. 3 def. of Registrar inserted by No. 25/2019 s. 31.
Registrar means—
(a) the Victorian Registrar; or
(b) an authority responsible under a law of another State or a Territory for the registration of births, deaths and marriages;
S. 3 def. of relevant Act inserted by No. 28/2025 s. 3(2).
relevant Act means—
(a) the Bail Act 1977; or
(b) the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005; or
(c) the Control of Weapons Act 1990; or
(d) the Corrections Act 1986; or
(e) the Crimes Act 1958; or
(f) the Disability Act 2006; or
(g) the Family Violence Protection Act 2008; or
(h) the Firearms Act 1996; or
(i) the Housing Act 1983; or
(j) the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022; or
(k) the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016; or
(l) the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010; or
(m) the Sentencing Act 1991; or
(n) the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004; or
(o) the Summary Offences Act 1966; or
(p) the Worker Screening Act 2020; or
(q) the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth; or
(r) the Criminal Code Act 1995 of the Commonwealth; or
(s) the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth; or
(t) the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 of the Commonwealth; or
(u) the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 of New South Wales;
remotely-piloted aircraft includes the controls for the aircraft;
residential facility means premises appointed under section 178 to be a residential facility;
residential treatment facility means premises appointed under section 195 to be a residential treatment facility;
S. 3 def. of responsible agency amended by No. 28/2025 s. 3(1).
responsible agency means—
(a) the Secretary; or
(b) the Secretary to the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing; or
(ba) the Secretary to the Department of Health; or
(c) the Chief Commissioner of Police; or
(d) a prescribed person or body, if any;
restrictive condition means—
(a) a core condition referred to in section 31(2), (3), (4), (5), (7) or (9); or
(b) a condition declared under section 41 to be a restrictive condition;
scanning search means a search of a person, or of the property of a person, using an electronic or other device, during which the person is not touched;
S. 3 def. of Secretary amended by No. 45/2019 s. 18(1)(a).
Secretary means the Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety;
security officer has the same meaning as in the Corrections Act 1986;
serious sex offence means an offence referred to in Schedule 1;
serious violence offence means an offence referred to in Schedule 2;
specified officer means a person authorised to act as a specified officer under section 340;
supervision officer means—
(a) a community corrections officer; or
(b) an employee in the public service who is working at a residential facility or a residential treatment facility and is engaged in the supervision of offenders or the day to day management of the facility;
S. 3 def. of supervision order amended by No. 45/2019 s. 3(b).
supervision order means an order made under section 14, 24, 62 or 108 and includes any extension of the order;
treatment and supervision plan means a plan referred to in section 274;
S. 3 def. of Victorian Registrar inserted by No. 25/2019 s. 31.
Victorian Registrar means the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996;
weapons approval means an approval under section 8C of the Control of Weapons Act 1990;
weapons exemption means an exemption granted under section 8B of the Control of Weapons Act 1990;
S. 3 def. of working day amended by No. 45/2019 s. 18(1)(b).
working day—
(a) in relation to a court, means a day on which the offices of the court are open; and
(b) in relation to the Secretary, means a day on which the principal office of the Department of Justice and Community Safety is open.