Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024
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Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024
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The rights stated in the victims charter— are not enforceable by any proceeding for the enforcement of a right or obligation, regardless of whether the right or obligation is— substantive or procedural; or direct or indirect; and do not affect the validity, or give grounds for review, of anything done or not done, or a decision made or not made, in contravention of them; and do not affect the operation of any other law, including, for example— the Criminal Practice Rules 1999 and the rules of evidence in criminal proceedings; and the Criminal Code , chapter 62 , chapter division 3 ; and do not affect an obligation applying to a prescribed person to maintain confidentiality about particular information under any Act or law. Subsection (1) does not prevent disciplinary action being taken against a prescribed person who contravenes processes for implementing the rights stated in the victims charter that have been adopted by the government entity or non-government entity responsible for the prescribed person’s conduct. (sec.43-ssec.1) The rights stated in the victims charter— are not enforceable by any proceeding for the enforcement of a right or obligation, regardless of whether the right or obligation is— substantive or procedural; or direct or indirect; and do not affect the validity, or give grounds for review, of anything done or not done, or a decision made or not made, in contravention of them; and do not affect the operation of any other law, including, for example— the Criminal Practice Rules 1999 and the rules of evidence in criminal proceedings; and the Criminal Code , chapter 62 , chapter division 3 ; and do not affect an obligation applying to a prescribed person to maintain confidentiality about particular information under any Act or law. (sec.43-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not prevent disciplinary action being taken against a prescribed person who contravenes processes for implementing the rights stated in the victims charter that have been adopted by the government entity or non-government entity responsible for the prescribed person’s conduct.