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Wrongs Amendment (Vicarious Liability) Bill 2025

Upper House — as recorded: Council - second readingAs recorded by the source: Council - second reading
Parliament
Parliament of Victoria
Introduced
19 Feb 2025
Latest stage
14 May 2025
Introduced by
Ms Rachel Payne
Stage detail
Council - second reading

What the bill says it does

The purposes of this Act are— (a) to amend the Wrongs Act 1958 to make certain organisations vicariously liable for the abuse of children by persons akin to employees of those organisations; and (b) to consequentially amend the Victoria Police Act 2013.

Quoted from: Purpose clause of the bill as introduced. Not written or edited by FOCUp.

Timeline

  1. First reading passedLegislative Council

    19 Feb 2025

  2. First reading: Statement of compatibility tabledLegislative Council

    2 Apr 2025 · Source

  3. Second reading movedLegislative Council

    2 Apr 2025 · Source

  4. Second reading: Debate resumedLegislative Council

    14 May 2025

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Government function: Courts, corrections and legal services

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    Source: Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Victoria (legislation.vic.gov.au). Last checked by FOCUp 15 Sept 2026. Read via structured data endpoint. Category assigned by FOCUp's published rules (matched: wrongs, liability). About this source