There have been a number of amendments to the Victorian Wrongs Act 1958 (Wrongs Act Amendment Act) that took effect on 2 December 2015. The major issue for us is with regard to psychiatric assessment. The threshold wording has been changed from “impairment of more than 10%” to “10% or more”. This applies to any climate to have been assessed before that date where the matter has not yet been finalised. Victorian forensic psychiatrists will be asked to submit a new certificate incorporating the changed wording. There are 5 changes in all of which the above is the only one relevant to us.
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