This article originally appeared on the Law Institute Journal’s website on 4 September 2017.

Link: https://www.liv.asn.au/LIV-Home/Practice-Resources/Law-Institute-Journal/Archived-Issues/LIJ-December-2014/In-search-of-certainty

Excerpt:

The Victoria Police Act 2013 (Vic) (the Police Act) received Royal Assent on 17 December 2013 and came into effect on 1 July 2014. The Police Act was intended to abolish the Police Regulation Act 1958 (Vic) and create “a new principal act for the administration and governance of the Victoria Police.