More information

More information about aspects of disability, including relevant legislation, and disability related services, is contained in Chapter 8.1: Understanding disability and the law.

Chapter 8.1: Understanding disability and the law has contact information for specialist legal services that deal with particular areas of disability, and on advocacy services that assist people with disabilities.

Chapters 8.4: Mental illness, and 8.5: Guardianship and medical treatment, contain more detailed coverage of the law relating to people with a psychiatric and intellectual disability, respectively.

Chapter 8.5: Guardianship and medical treatment, deals with issues of guardianship and administration affecting people with disabilities.

See also Chapter 8.6: Understanding powers of attorney.

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Contacts

Justice Connect
www.justiceconnect.org.au

Mental Health Legal Centre
www.mhlc.org.au

Mental Health Tribunal Victoria
www.mht.vic.gov.au

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA)
www.legalaid.vic.gov.au
For general advice on disability and criminal justice matters, contact VLA.

Victorian Government Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) – Office for Disability
www.dffh.vic.gov.au/office-disability

Victorian Government Department of Justice and Community Safety
www.justice.vic.gov.au 
For other relevant organisations, see ‘Contacts’ at the end of Chapter 8.1: Understanding disability and the law. 

More information

Chapter: 8.3: Disability and criminal justice

Contributor: Liam McAuliffe, Crown Prosecutor

Current as of: 1 September 2024

Law Handbook Page: 732

Next Section: 8.4: Mental illness