Legislation and case law

Legislation

See the Victorian Legislation website for the latest versions of:

Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 (Vic)

Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Regulations 2015 (Vic)

Case Law

There is a significant body of case law relating to the Chief Examiner and the operation of the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 (Vic). Some key published decisions are linked below.

Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 offences

The Queen v Debono [2013] VSC 408

The Queen v Debono [2013] VSC 413

Contempt of the Chief Examiner

The Queen v DA & GFK (a pseudonym) [2016] VSCA 325

The Queen v DA (No 2) [2017] VSC 221

The Queen v Williams (Contempt) [2017] VSC 642

Murray v The Chief Examiner [2018] VSCA 144

The Queen v Ford (a Pseudonym) [2018] VSC 491

Other matters

C v Chief Commissioner of Police & Anor [2008] VSC 51

B C D v The Chief Examiner & Anor [2012] VSC 193

The Chief Examiner v Brown (a pseudonym) [2013] VSCA 167

Jean Ross (a Pseudonym) v The Chief Commissioner of Police and Anor [2014] VSCA 254 (17 October 2014)

D F v The Queen [2014] VSCA 288

David Glass (a pseudonym) v The Chief Examiner [2015] VSCA 127

XYN v Chief Examiner [2016] VSC 137