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Fact Sheet - Making a Submission

This fact sheet provided detailed information about the commission's submission process.The fact sheet can also be downloaded as a PDF below. 

 

Making a submission

What is a submission?
Submissions are your ideas and opinions about the law being reviewed. The commission asks for submissions as part of its consultation process.

Who can make a submission?
Anyone can make a submission. They can be made on behalf of individuals or organisations.

What is in a submission?
Submissions can be anything from a personal story about how a law has affected you, to a well-researched paper complete with footnotes and bibliography.

When we publish a paper it will contain questions to guide your submission however you don’t need to answer all questions, your answers don’t need to be lengthy and you can provide us with information not covered by the questions.

How can I make a submission?
Submissions can be made via the online form on our website, email, post, fax, over the phone and face-to-face.

What if I need assistance?
If you require an interpreter, materials in accessible formats or help to make your submission please contact the commission.

When can I make a submission?
We invite submissions when we’ve published a Consultation, Options, Position or Information Paper but you can make a submission at any point before the submission deadline. Your submission may not be considered if it arrives after the deadline. Please speak to a researcher on the project before making a late submission.

What is a public submission?
Unless otherwise stated all submissions are considered public. ‘Public’ means they can be uploaded to the commission website, quoted in reports and kept at the commission for people to look at. Submissions uploaded to the website have contact details removed.

What is an anonymous submission?
Anonymous submissions can be uploaded to the commission website, quoted in reports and made available for people to look at but all names and identifying features will be removed.

What is a confidential submission?
Making your submission confidential means only commissioners and commission staff can look at it. It will not be quoted in reports, appear on our website or be made available to the public.

Do I need any material to complete my submission?
The Consultation, Options, Position or Information paper about the law under review will assist you in making your submission. You can download it from our website or order it from the commission

What happens once I make a submission?
You will receive a letter acknowledging that your submission has been received and asking you to confirm who it is from and whether it is a public, anonymous or confidential submission. It will then be read by commissioners and commission staff to help them develop recommendations and write reports. If you have made a public submission it will be uploaded to the commission website.

What is the commission?
The commission was created by the Victorian Law Reform Act 2000 as a central agency for developing law reform in Victoria. It is an independent agency that facilitates community-wide consultation and advises parliament on how to improve and update Victorian law. It is committed to transparent and public law reform which is independent of the political process.

Where can I find out more information?
The commission website contains a range of information about current and completed projects. You are also encouraged to contact the commission with any queries.

Victorian Law Reform Commission
Website: www.lawreform.vic.gov.au
Email: law.reform@lawreform.vic.gov.au
Phone: (03) 8619 8619, 1300 66 555 (freecall), 1300 666 557 (TTY)
Mail: GPO Box 4637, Melbourne, Vic, 3001.

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Author:	Victorian Law Reform Commission
Place of Publication:	Melbourne
Publisher:	Victorian Law Reform Commission
Date of Publication:	August 2008
Number of Pages:	2
Copyright:	Victorian Law Reform Commission, State of Victoria, 2008.