Civil Procedure Act 2010 - Legislative Guide | Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria

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Justice system
- Laws and regulation
  Laws and regulation
  
  How laws are made and regulated, and which legislative issues the department is currently addressing
- Courts and tribunals
  Courts and tribunals
  
  Interpreting the law, resolving disputes and imposing penalties on those who have broken the law
- Dispute resolution (External link)
  Dispute resolution (External link)
  
  Advice and mediation services as alternatives to court in resolving disputes
- Fines and penalties
  Fines and penalties
  
  Systems and processes for infringements (fines), penalties and values, fine enforcement and asset confiscation
- Corrections, prisons and parole (External link)
  Corrections, prisons and parole (External link)
  
  The correctional process, from community corrections to prison, parole and release
- Victims of crime (External link)
  Victims of crime (External link)
  
  Information, advice and support for victims of violent crime
- Legal assistance
  Legal assistance
  
  Find a lawyer or organisation to assist you with legal matters
- Sheriffs in Victoria
  Sheriffs in Victoria
  
  Learn about the role of sheriff's officers, who are responsible for enforcing warrants and orders issued by all Victorian courts
- Policing (External link)
  Policing (External link)
  
  Preventing, investigating and solving crime
- Youth Justice
  Youth Justice
  
  Youth justice supervises and provides programs for young people in the criminal justice system
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Safer communities
Safer communities
- Emergencies
  Emergencies
  
  Planning, managing and delivering Victoria’s emergency services
- Crime prevention
  Crime prevention
  
  Crime prevention campaigns, initiatives, programs and grants
- Road safety
  Road safety
  
  Victoria's road safety strategy and road safety camera program
- Gambling
  Gambling
  
  Gambling policy, regulation, licensing, education and research, and support for problem gambling
- Water safety (External link)
  Water safety (External link)
  
  Play it safe at the beach, at the river, by the pool and while boating and fishing
- Protecting children and families
  Protecting children and families
  
  Sustaining and improving outcomes for vulnerable children and their families
- Community Safety Building Authority
  Community Safety Building Authority
  
  The Community Safety Building Authority (CSBA) delivers buildings and facilities needed to keep communities safe
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Licences and certificates
Your rights
Your rights
- Adoption (External link)
  Adoption (External link)
  
  Includes information on the different types of adoptions, the needs of adopted children and support for families who have adopted a child, past adoptions and historical timelines.
- Equal opportunity and human rights (External link)
  Equal opportunity and human rights (External link)
  
  Equal opportunity, sexual harassment, racial and religious vilification, and related dispute resolution
- Aboriginal Justice Agreement (External link)
  Aboriginal Justice Agreement (External link)
  
  The Aboriginal Justice Agreement is a partnership between the Victorian Aboriginal community and the Victorian Government. In 2018 its fourth phase - Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja - was launched
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This legislative guide to the Civil Procedure Act 2010 was prepared by Civil Law Reform Project with the assistance of Gabi Crafti, Barrister at law and Rachel Ellyard, Barrister at law.

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Civil Procedure Act 2010 - Legislative Guide