AUSTRALIA
The Australian
AAP MAY 08, 2014
STATUTORY time limits blocking historical child sex abuse cases from going to court in Victoria are to be removed.
Attorney-General Robert Clark says the government will remove provisions that can block a victim of child abuse taking legal action.
“We don’t want any organisation to be able to use time limits or other impediments in the legislation in order to hide behind those to avoid liabilities,” Mr Clark told reporters on Thursday.
He said the government would overhaul the Limitations of Actions Act.
“We are going to go through each and every one of the provisions of the Limitations of Actions Act to work out where they should be removed, amended or otherwise modified,” Mr Clark said.
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