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Question 1 (20 marks) Having a criminal conviction means an offender has pleaded to or been found guilty of an offence. Victoria recently enacted legislation that allows criminal c
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(a) the conviction is not recorded by a court; or … (a) for a conviction of a child or young offender … —5 years; or a. Explain one role of the Victorian lower house in making the
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(b) for a conviction of any other person—10 years. Source: Spent Convictions Act 2021 (Vic), Australasian Legal Information Institute, <http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/n
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(c) the conviction (including a serious conviction) is for an offence committed when the person was under the age of 15 years; or c. How has the recent reform of the Spent Convicti
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(d) the only penalty imposed on conviction is a fine imposed by the Children’s Court … 9 Conviction period (1) A conviction period is a period of— d. Evaluate the ability of the Vi
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p. 2979 (Jill Hennessy, Attorney-General) Source 3 Spent Convictions Act 2021 No. 13 of 2021 [Assented to 30 March 2021] The Parliament of Victoria enacts: Part 2—Convictions spent
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Question 2 (20 marks) Drivers must pay tolls, or fees, to a privately owned company to use certain Victorian roads: CityLink and EastLink. Failure to pay these tolls results in a f
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a. Explain the role of VLA and Victorian CLCs in this scenario. 3 marks
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b. VLA and various Victorian CLCs have argued that the existing toll road debt recovery system is unfair and have made recommendations for reform. Referring to the source material,
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c. Discuss whether fines and imprisonment are less appropriate than damages in the recovery of toll road debt. 6 marks d o n o t w r i t e i n t h i s a r e a 2022 LEGAL STUDIES EX
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d. Analyse the impact of the toll road debt recovery system on the courts in relation to time. In your response, consider how recommended reforms to the toll road debt recovery sys
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a. Identify two participants in the plea negotiation process. 2 marks
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