Department of Justice 2011-12 Annual Report Additional Information
a)A statement that declarations of private interests have been duly completed by all relevant officers.
Declarations of Private Interests have been received from all executive officers and employees with a financial delegation of $20,000 or more within the Department of Justice.
b)Details of shares held by senior officers as nominee or held beneficially in a statutory authority or subsidiary.
No shares are held by a senior officer as nominee or held beneficially in a statutory authority or subsidiary.
c)Details of publications produced by the entity about the entity and the places where they can be obtained.
Publication / Date Produced / Where can the publication be obtained?Community, Operations and Strategy
Asset Confiscation Operations Annual Report / August – September every year /
Attorney General’s Annual Report on the Infringements System / Published annually /
Commemorative Birth Certificate / Every six months / Brochure available from Justice Service Centres, Births, Deaths and Marriages customer service centre and online at
Donor Treatment Registers / Every 6-12 months / Brochure available from Victorian registered Assisted Reproductive Treatment providers or by contacting Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Evaluation of the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement Phase 2 / July 2012 /
Funeral Director’s Express – Births, Deaths and Marriages Bulletin / Three editions per year / Electronic copy sent via email to Victorian funeral directors.
Koori Justice Magazine / Spring 2011 and Autumn 2012 / Limited copies available from the Koori Justice unit. Also available online at
VSA Update / Every 3-6 months / Available from Victims Support Agency, victim support agencies and online at
Victorian Marriage Registry / Every 6-12 months / Brochure available from Births, Deaths and Marriages customer service centre and the Victorian Marriage Registry. Also available online at
Consumer Affairs Victoria
CAV Annual Report 2010-11 / August 2011 /
Residential Tenancies Bond Authority Annual Report 2010-11 / September 2011 /
Corrections, Health and Crime Prevention
Adult Parole Board of Victoria Annual Report 2010-11 / July 2011 /
Community Work Connections / September 2011 and April 2012 /
Community Work Partnership Awards 2011 / February 2012 /
Disability Framework Report Card No.2 – Half Way Mark / July 2011 /
Courts and Tribunal Service
13 Practice Notes / 15 March 2012 /
19 on-line forms and accompanying guides / 24 October 2011 /
Children’s Court Annual Report 2010-11 / Tabled in Parliament
15 March 2012 /
County Court Annual Report 2010-11 / December 2011 /
Guide to Major Cases List – Planning and Environment / 3 January 2012 /
Taking it to VCAT – Planning and Environment List Booklet / 23 February 2012 /
Taking it to VCAT – RTL, Civil and CC (revised edition) / 11 July 2011 /
Transforming VCAT: Promoting Excellence Report Card (Dec 2011) / 12 December 2011 /
VCAT Style guide / 31 August 2011 /
VCAT Annual Report 2010-2011 / 15 September 2011 /
VCAT Media Policy / 21 October 2011 /
VCAT School’s Kit / 24 October 2011 /
What’s New @ VCAT / 23 February 2012 /
Gaming and Racing
Australian Teens and Poker: Gambling Prevalence, Influences and Implications / October 2011 /
Conceptualisations of Gambling Risks and Benefits / May 2012 /
Factors Affecting Youth Gambling / December 2011 /
Problem Gambling in People Presenting to a Public Mental Health Service / October 2011 /
Responsible Gambling Awareness Week 2011 – Evaluation Report / December 2011 / Available from the Office of Gaming and Racing.
Responsible Gambling Ministerial Advisory Council Annual Report 2011 / 15 August 2012 /
Socio-economic Impacts of Access to Electronic Gaming Machines in Victoria / December 2011 /
Police and Emergency Management
Inquiry into the Effect of Arrangements Made by the CFA on its volunteers (the Jones Inquiry). / July 2011 /
The Rush Inquiry / 1 March 2012 /
Towards a More Disaster Resilient and Safer Victoria / 14 September 2011 /
Regional and Executive Services
Department of Justice Annual Report
2010-11 / Annually /
Justice Review / Quarterly /
Justice Services in the Barwon South West Region brochure / As required / Geelong regional office
Tel (03) 5215 8580
Justice Services in the Eastern Metropolitan Region brochure / As required / Box Hill regional office
Tel (03) 8803 8444
Justice Services in the Gippsland Region brochure / As required / Morwell regional office
Tel (03) 5116 5891
Justice Services in the Grampians Region brochure / As required / Ballarat Justice Service Centre
Tel (03) 4301 7000
Justice Services in the Hume Region brochure / As required / Wangaratta regional office
Tel (02) 6043 7069
Justice Services in the Loddon Mallee Region brochure / As required / Bendigo regional office
Tel (03) 5440 6126
Justice Services in the North West Metropolitan Region brochure / As required / Carlton regional office
Tel (03) 9094 2485
Justice Services in the Southern Metropolitan Region brochure / As required / Dandenong regional office
Tel (03) 8765 5100
Strategic Policy and Legislation
Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR)
A Guide / As required / Available at Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria and Justice Service Centres, community agencies and courts across Victoria. Also available online at
Appropriate Dispute Resolution
Resources List / As required / Available at Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria and Justice Service Centres, community agencies and courts across Victoria. Also available online at
Indigenous Land Use Agreement / June 2012 / Produced by the Native Title unit, these are available online at
Land Use Activity Agreement / June 2012 / Produced by the Native Title Unit, these are available online at
Mediation: Your questions answered / As required / Available at Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria and Justice Service Centres, community agencies and courts across Victoria. Also available online at
Reducing the Cost of Discovery Regulatory Change Measurement Report / January 2012 /
Resolving Your Disputes: Where
to go for help / As required / Available at Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria and Justice Service Centres, community agencies and courts across Victoria. Also available online at
d)Details of changes in prices, fees, charges, rates and levies charged by the entity.
Fee/charge / 2011-12$ / 2010-11
$
Community Operations and Strategy
Supreme Court Sheriff’s Fees
For execution or attempted execution of every warrant or other process (except for a warrant of possession, writ of possession or a combined warrant) / 167.50 / 163.80
For execution or attempted execution of every warrant of possession, for the first two attempts / 175.40 / 171.50
For execution or attempted execution of every combined warrant / 214.20 / 209.50
For execution or attempted execution of a warrant or other process, after the first four attempts, for each two further attempts / 52.20 / 51.00
Where a warrant or other process for which a fee is payable specifies more than one address at which execution is requested, for each additional address specified / 127.70 / 124.90
On the renewal of, or redirection of any warrant or other process or the receipt of instructions to proceed with execution after the party at whose request the warrant was issued has earlier provided instructions to withhold or withdraw from execution / 127.70 / 124.90
For furnishing an office copy of a warrant / 24.30 / 23.80
Magistrates’ Court Sheriff’s Fees
For execution or attempted execution of a warrant / 167.50 / 163.80
For execution or attempted execution of a warrant, after the first four attempts, for each two further attempts / 52.20 / 51.00
If a warrant specifies more than one address at which execution is requested, for each additional address specified / 127.70 / 124.90
On a request by a party at whose request a warrant was issued to renew the warrant or to proceed with execution, if the party has previously requested that the warrant be withheld or withdrawn from execution / 127.70 / 124.90
For redirection of a warrant to an address that exceeds 10 kilometres from any address specified on the warrant as an address at which execution is requested / 127.70 / 124.90
For the supply of a duplicate copy of a warrant / 24.30 / 23.80
Births, Deaths and Marriages
Standard certificate / 28.60 / 27.80
Commemorative birth certificate / 46.00 / 45.00
Abridged Birth or Death Certificate / 28.60 / 27.80
Deed Poll Certificate / 28.60 / 27.80
Change of name registration / 93.50 / 91.10
Application for alteration of sex in the Victorian birth register / 93.50 / 91.10
Application for a recognised details certificate / 93.60 / 91.30
Addition of registrable information / 64.90 / 63.30
Application for information held in the Central Register / 64.90 / 63.30
Priority Service / 80.00 / 75.00
Express Post (within Australia) / 5.50 / 5.00
International express post / 14.00 / 13.80
Application to register a relationship / 193.00 / 188.20
Standard relationship certificate / 28.60 / 27.80
Commemorative relationship certificate / 46.00 / 45.00
Application to revoke a relationship registration / 64.90 / 63.30
Victorian Marriage Registry – Thomas Hyde midweek booking fee / 270.00 / 260.00
Victorian Marriage Registry – Thomas Hyde premium booking fee / 300.00 / 290.00
Victorian Marriage Registry – Margaret Craig midweek booking fee / 270.00 / 260.00
Victorian Marriage Registry – Margaret Craig premium booking fee / 340.00 / 330.00
Victorian Marriage Registry – Marriages cancellation fee (30 days or more before wedding date) / 135.00 / 130.00
Victorian Marriage Registry – Marriages cancellation fee (less than 30 days before wedding date) / Whole of booking fee / Whole of booking fee
Shortening application fee – fee to apply to marry less than one month and one day after giving notice of intent to marry / 46.00 / 45.00
VicHeritage Historical certificate / 28.60 / 27.80
VicHeritage uncertified image / 20.00 / 17.50
VicHeritage Australia’s Army War Dead (1885-1972) DVD-ROM / 99.00 / 250.00
VicHeritage Marine Index (1853-1920) CD-ROM / 99.00 / 204.00
VicHeritage Marriages Index (1921-1942) CD-ROM / 99.00 / 204.00
Authorised Agencies – Search fee / 14.30 / 13.90
Consumer Affairs Victoria
Associations Incorporation Regulations 1998
Electronic application for incorporation with model rules / 30.60 / 29.90
Electronic application for incorporation without model rules / 91.70 / 89.60
Manual application for incorporation with model rules / 61.10 / 59.80
Manual application for incorporation without model rules / 122.20 / 119.50
Application for recording the vesting of land / 122.20 / 119.50
Application to bring company/body under the Act / 122.20 / 119.50
Application to change name of incorporated association / 36.70 / 35.90
Electronic application to alter statement of purpose / 42.80 / 41.80
Manual application to alter statement of purpose / 73.30 / 71.70
Application for exemption from audit / 73.30 / 71.70
Lodgement of annual statement / 42.80 / 41.80
Application for extension of time for holding a general meeting or lodging an annual statement / 24.40 / 23.90
Application for amalgamation / 122.20 / 119.50
Lodge notice relating to distribution of assets in voluntary windup / 73.30 / 71.70
Certified copy of certificate of incorporation / 18.30 / 17.90
Inspection of register, first page / 12.20 / 12.00
Inspection of register, per document, if provided electronically / 18.30 / 17.90
Inspection of prescribed document, first page / 12.20 / 12.00
Inspection of prescribed document, if provided electronically (per document) / 18.30 / 17.90
Certified copy of document may inspect under S40(1)(b) first page / 12.20 / 12.00
Copy of document may inspect under S 40(1)(b), first page / 12.20 / 12.00
Copy of document may inspect under S 40(1)(b), per document, if electronic / 18.30 / 17.90
Electronic copy of all associations incorporated in last 12 months / 91.70 / 89.60
Copy of a document that a person may inspect under S40(1)(b) containing particulars of one incorporated association / 14.70 / 14.30
Electronic copy of all associations incorporated past 12 months, maximum $146.10 (12.5 fee units) / 91.70 / 89.60
Business Names Regulations 2003
Application for registration of a business name / 85.50 / 83.70
Certificate of registration / 18.30 / 17.90
Application for consent of the minister to register a business name / 85.50 / 83.70
Application for renewal of a business name / 61.10 / 59.80
Inspection of documents lodged with the director, first page / 12.20 / 12.00
Copy/extract of document forming part of the register and certified by the director, first page / 12.20 / 12.00
Copy/extract of document certified by the director, provided electronically / 18.30 / 17.90
Electronic extract from a document lodged with the director / 14.70 / 14.30
Certificate of registration / 18.30 / 17.90
Co-operatives Regulations 2008
Application - approval of draft/ proposed disclosure statement / 305.50 / 298.80
Application - approval of proposed rules (model rules) / 152.80 / 149.40
Application - approval of proposed rules (other than model rules) / 183.30 / 179.30
Registration of proposed co-operative / 152.80 / 149.40
Registration of existing body corporate / 152.80 / 149.40
Issue of duplicate certificate / 48.90 / 47.80
Application for registrar’s certificate / 48.90 / 47.80
Application for registrar’s consent or permission / 91.70 / 89.60
Copy of rules/document, first page / 12.20 / 12.00
Copy of rules/document, each document provided electronically / 18.30 / 17.90
Application to alter a rule, maximum $175.40 (15 units) / 18.30 / 17.90
Issue of certificate of registration of rule alteration / 48.90 / 47.80
Application to registrar for review of entitlement to vote / 305.50 / 298.80
Lodgement of special resolution / 61.10 / 59.80
Lodgement of annual report / 48.90 / 47.80
Application for approval of name abbreviation or elaboration / 48.90 / 47.80
Application for exemption / 305.50 / 298.80
Application for approval of maximum share interest / 305.50 / 298.80
Application for extension of period of offer / 61.10 / 59.80
Application for approval of share offer / 305.50 / 298.80
Application for approval of merger or transfer of engagements / 305.50 / 298.80
Application for direction / 305.50 / 298.80
Application for approval of explanatory statement / 611.00 / 597.50
Application for extension or abridgment of time / 61.10 / 59.80
Inspection of register / 14.70 / 14.30
Inspection of prescribed documents or documents of a prescribed class / 14.70 / 14.30
Application for permission to give notice by newspaper / 91.70 / 89.60
Certified copy of document, first page / 24.40 / 23.90
Inspection of managing controller’s report / 14.70 / 14.30
Inspection of register of notifiable interests (max. payable to co-operative) / 48.90 / 47.80
Estate Agents (Fees) Regulations 2007
New licence fee - corporation / 644.00 / 629.80
Annual licence fee -corporation / 409.00 / 400.00
New licence fee - not a corporation / 371.90 / 363.60
Annual licence fee -not a corporation / 185.90 / 181.80
Extension of time / 55.50 / 54.30
Late payment or lodgement fee / 145.10 / 141.80
Branch manager - annual approval fee / 55.50 / 54.30
Branch manager - extension of time / 55.50 / 54.30
Branch manager - late payment or lodgement fee / 55.50 / 54.30
Rural branch manager - new licence / 8.80 / 8.60
Rural branch manager - annual licence fee / 78.80 / 77.10
Rural branch manager - extension of time / 55.50 / 54.30
Rural branch manager - late lodgement / 55.50 / 54.30
Duplicate licences / 55.50 / 54.30
Inspection of register or records kept by registrar / 55.50 / 54.30
Copy or extract from register or records kept by registrar / 55.50 / 54.30
Registrar’s certificate of contents of register / 55.50 / 54.30
Introduction Agents Regulations 2008
Application fee - notice of intention to act / 232.20 / 227.10
Annual statement fee / 55.00 / 53.80
To obtain a certificate / 12.20 / 12.00
Motor Car Traders Regulations 2008
Application fee / 780.10 / 762.90
First annual licence fee / 1,393.40 / 1,362.70
Subsequent annual licence / 1,407.60 / 1,376.50
Inspection or copying of the register (per page) / 6.40 / 6.20
Late payment or lodgement fee / 14.40 / 14.10
Permission application / 975.80 / 954.20
Partnership (Limited Partnerships) Regulations 2003
Notice of change of particulars in limited partnership / 85.50 / 83.70
Application fees to register limited partnership / 611.00 / 597.50
Notice of dissolution or cessation of a limited partnership under S72 / 85.50 / 83.70
Fee for inspection of register / 36.70 / 35.90
Fee for supply of a certificate / 61.10 / 59.80
Prostitution Control Regulations 2004
Licence application fee (escort agency) / 2,090.50 / 2,044.30
Licence application fee (brothel) / 4,180.80 / 4,088.50
Licence application fee (brothel & escort agency) / 4,180.80 / 4,088.50
Annual Licence fee (brothel) / 2,389.00 / 2,336.20
Second and subsequent rooms (brothel) / 448.00 / 438.10
Second and subsequent business names (brothel) / 448.00 / 438.10
Annual Licence fee (escort agency) / 2,389.00 / 2,336.20
Second and subsequent telephone numbers (escort agency) / 448.00 / 438.10
Second and subsequent business names (escort agency) / 448.00 / 438.10
Annual Licence fee (both brothel & escort agency) / 2,389.00 / 2,336.20
Second and subsequent rooms (brothel) / 448.00 / 438.10
Second and subsequent telephone numbers (both brothel and escort agency) / 448.00 / 438.10
Second and subsequent business names (both brothel and escort agency) / 448.00 / 438.10
S46B - Extension of time / 179.10 / 175.20
S46B - Further extension / 179.10 / 175.20
S46C - Late payment / 358.40 / 350.50
S46C - Late lodgement / 358.40 / 350.50
S50(2) Application fee - Approval of manager / 310.60 / 303.80
Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Regulations 2008
Application for registration / 110.00 / 107.60
Annual renewal fee / 36.70 / 35.90
Permission to be registered / 721.00 / 705.10
Late payment or lodgement fee / 12.20 / 12.00
Application to vary or revoke conditions / 36.70 / 35.90
Application fee for licence / 787.30 / 769.90
Travel Agents Regulations 2007
Licence fee / 581.80 / 568.90
Licence fee (each additional place of business) / 268.50 / 262.50
Annual licence fee (each place of business) / 181.30 / 177.30
Fee to register new or additional address / 268.50 / 262.50
Late fee / 416.10 / 406.90
Fee for copy of register / 96.20 / 94.00
Owners Corporations Regulations 2007
Application for registration as a manager / 174.30 / 170.40
Annual registration fee / 122.30 / 119.60
Late lodgement fee / 12.20 / 12.00
Conveyancers Regulations 2008
Application fee / 415.50 / 406.30
Licence fee / 1,002.00 / 979.90
Application for permission S29(3), 30(3) / 635.40 / 621.40
Application for permission S31(2) / 684.30 / 669.20
Annual licence fee / 1,002.00 / 979.90
Late payment or lodgement fee / 12.20 / 12.00
Exemption to appoint manager / 85.50 / 83.70
Employment of disqualified persons / 366.60 / 358.50
Regional and Executive Services
Application Fee under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 / 24.40 / 23.90
Working With Children Check application fee / 79.60 / 77.80
Strategic Policy and Legislation
Equal Opportunity (Amendment) Act 2011
A person performing functions or duties or exercising powers under the Act must not make a record of, disclose or communicate to any person any information obtained in the course of performing those functions or duties or exercising those powers unless it is necessary under the Act.
For a natural person / 8,450.40 / -
For a body corporate / 42,252.00 / -
A person must not publish or display or authorise the publication or display of a discriminatory advertisement.
For a natural person / 8,450.40 / -
For a body corporate / 42,252.00 / -
A person must not refuse, without reasonable excuse, to produce a document as required by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission for the purpose of proceedings in relation to the offence of discriminatory advertising.
For a natural person / 8,450.40 / -
For a body corporate / 42,252.00 / -
A person must not hinder or obstruct a relevant person who is performing a function under the Act.
For a natural person / 8,450.40 / -
For a body corporate / 42,252.00 / -
A person must not give false or misleading information to the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission in the exercise of powers or the performance of functions under the Act.
For a natural person / 8,450.40 / -
For a body corporate / 42,252.00 / -
Courts and Tribunal Services
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Commencement of Proceedings - Clause 1 (ha) Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010sections 105 and 121 / - / -
Commencement of Proceedings - Clause 2 (ia) Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010section 123 / 38.00 / -
Commencement of Proceedings - Clause 4 (zzzea) Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010section 206 / 314.85 / -
Commencement of Proceedings - Clause 6A Planning and Environment Act 1987sections 77, 79, 80 and 87A if—
(a) the proceedings are in respect of a development that does not include a dwelling (within the meaning of the Victoria Planning Provisions as defined in section 3(1) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987) where—
(i) the estimated cost of that development is $5,000,000 or more; and
(ii) the proceedings are, by election of the applicant, entered in the Major Cases List within the Planning and Environment List; or
(b) the proceedings are in respect of a development of any kind where—
(i) the estimated cost of that development is $10,000,000 or more; and
(ii) the proceedings are, by election of the applicant, entered in the Major Cases List within the Planning and Environment List. / 3,007.40 / -
Hearing fees - Clause 2 Planning and Environment Act 1987sections 77, 79, 80 and 87A if the proceedings are entered in the Major Cases List within the Planning and Environment List — for each day or part of a day. / 3,122.50 / -
Hearing fees - Clause 3 Planning and Environment Act 1987sections 82 or 82B if the proceedings are entered in the Planning and Environment List and are subsequently transferred to the Major Cases List within the Planning and Environment List — for each day or part of a day. / 3,122.50 / -
Transfer fees - Clause 7 Planning and Environment Act 1987, for the transfer of proceedings arising under section 82 or 82B if—
(a) the proceedings are in respect of a development that does not include a dwelling (within the meaning of the Victoria Planning Provisions as defined in section 3(1) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987) where—
(i) the estimated cost of that development is $5 000 000 or more; and
(ii) the proceedings are entered in the Planning and Environment List and are subsequently transferred to the Major Cases List within the Planning and Environment List; or
(b) the proceedings are in respect of a development of any kind where—
(i) the estimated cost of that development is $10 000 000 or more; and
(ii) the proceedings are entered in the Planning and Environment List and are subsequently transferred to the Major Cases list within the Planning and Environment List. / 2,692.55 / -
Other fees – Clause 8 Supported Residential Services (Private Proprietors) Act 2010, for the issue of a warrant to remove a resident under section 129. / 75.95 / -
The Victorian Government Reporting Service (VGRS) has advised that there were no changes during the 2010-11 financial year in prices, fees, charges, rates and levies charged by the VGRS. A full list of indexed charges is available at: