Sunshine Office | Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria

Justice system
Justice system
- Laws and regulation
  Laws and regulation
  
  How laws are made and regulated, and which legislative issues the department is currently addressing
- Courts and tribunals
  Courts and tribunals
  
  Interpreting the law, resolving disputes and imposing penalties on those who have broken the law
- Dispute resolution (External link)
  Dispute resolution (External link)
  
  Advice and mediation services as alternatives to court in resolving disputes
- Fines and penalties
  Fines and penalties
  
  Systems and processes for infringements (fines), penalties and values, fine enforcement and asset confiscation
- Corrections, prisons and parole (External link)
  Corrections, prisons and parole (External link)
  
  The correctional process, from community corrections to prison, parole and release
- Victims of crime (External link)
  Victims of crime (External link)
  
  Information, advice and support for victims of violent crime
- Legal assistance
  Legal assistance
  
  Find a lawyer or organisation to assist you with legal matters
- Sheriffs in Victoria
  Sheriffs in Victoria
  
  Learn about the role of sheriff's officers, who are responsible for enforcing warrants and orders issued by all Victorian courts
- Policing (External link)
  Policing (External link)
  
  Preventing, investigating and solving crime
- Youth justice
  Youth justice
  
  Youth justice supervises and provides programs for young people in the criminal justice system
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Safer communities
Safer communities
- Emergencies
  Emergencies
  
  Planning, managing and delivering Victoria’s emergency services
- Crime prevention
  Crime prevention
  
  Crime prevention campaigns, initiatives, programs and grants
- Road safety
  Road safety
  
  Victoria's road safety strategy and road safety camera program
- Gambling
  Gambling
  
  Gambling policy, regulation, licensing, education and research, and support for problem gambling
- Water safety (External link)
  Water safety (External link)
  
  Play it safe at the beach, at the river, by the pool and while boating and fishing
- Protecting children and families
  Protecting children and families
  
  Sustaining and improving outcomes for vulnerable children and their families
- Community Safety Building Authority
  Community Safety Building Authority
  
  The Community Safety Building Authority (CSBA) delivers buildings and facilities needed to keep communities safe
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Licences and certificates
Licences and certificates
- Births, deaths and marriages (External link)
  Births, deaths and marriages (External link)
  
  Certificates and registries for births, deaths and relationships, and family history resources
- Working with children (External link)
  Working with children (External link)
  
  Checks for people in paid or voluntary child-related work
- Business licensing
  Business licensing
  
  Licensing, registration and regulation of businesses and industries in Victoria.
- Non-business
  Non-business
  
  Non-business licences, certificates and registers, including birth certificates and Working with Children Checks
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Your rights
Your rights
- Consumer (External link)
  Consumer (External link)
  
  Victoria’s consumer affairs regulator helps Victorian consumers and businesses to be informed and responsible
- Privacy
  Privacy
  
  Privacy law regulates how personal information is obtained, used and disposed of.
- Equal opportunity and human rights (External link)
  Equal opportunity and human rights (External link)
  
  Equal opportunity, sexual harassment, racial and religious vilification, and related dispute resolution
- Aboriginal Justice Agreement (External link)
  Aboriginal Justice Agreement (External link)
  
  The Aboriginal Justice Agreement is a partnership between the Victorian Aboriginal community and the Victorian Government. In 2018 its fourth phase - Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja - was launched
- Freedom of information
  Freedom of information
  
  How to request access to documents held by the department's business units
- Native title
  Native title
  
  History and legislation behind the recognition and protection of native title in Victoria
- Adoption
  Adoption
  
  Adoption permanently transfers the parental rights and responsibilities of natural parents over to adoptive parents
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A State of Emergency has been declared in Victoria due to the serious risk to public health posed by coronavirus (COVID-19). For more information visit the DHHS website (External link).

For information on our services during this time, please visit our Service locations page.

All Justice Service Centres (JSCs) receptions across Victoria closed to the general public on Wednesday, 25 March 2020 in order to reduce face-to-face contact between staff and members of the community. The decision is in response to the latest federal and state measures to help prevent the further spread of coronavirus.

Reception services will be delivered via telephone and many of our services are available online or via alternative methods (visit their websites directly for more information).

The health and safety of our staff and the community is our top priority. For more information on the coronavirus (COVID-19) visit the DHHS website (External link).

Telephone

1300 403 168

Fax

03 9055 5503

Street address

499 Ballarat Road

Sunshine

VIC

3020

Opening hours

9am-5pm Monday-Tuesday
9am-6pm Wednesday
9am-5pm Thursday-Friday

Services available

Apply for Births, Deaths and Marriages certificates

Apply online to register a birth, marriage, relationship, death or name change. Certificates are also available.

Visit Births, Deaths and Marriages online (External link)

Community correctional services

Offenders in local communities are supported by Community Corrections Officers to ensure they meet the conditions of their court or parole orders, including connecting them with community work options.

Find out more on the Corrections Victoria website (External link)

Family history certificates

Purchase an uncertified image for family history research or historical certificate for official purposes.

Find out more about researching your family history (External link)

Justices of the Peace

Honorary Justice Services Support (HJSS) is responsible for appointing and managing honorary justice volunteers, a collective group consisting of Justices of the Peace (JPs), and bail justices. Justice Service Centres do not have a Justice of the Peace on staff.

Find a Justice of the Peace

Koori birth certificates

Registering your or your child's birth creates an official identity that can help you or your child now and into the future.

Learn about Koori services at Births, Deaths and Marriages (External link)

Resolving disputes

People can settle their differences informally, fairly and for free through the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria, providing a less costly and faster option than going to court.

Visit the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria website (External link)