2012 Act No. 5
2013 Act No. 39
RA s 27
2014 Act No. 26
RA s 44
2013 Act No. 35
RA s 26
2015 Act No. 17
2015 Act No. 34
2016 Act No. 51
2016 Act No. 51
RA s 35
2017 Act No. 8
2020 Act No. 72020 Act No. 33RA ss 26, 27, 442021 Act No. 232022 Act No. 122022 Act No. 122022 Act No. 72023 Act No. 12023 Act No. 232024 Act No. 5
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 17 September 2012 (see s 2)
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 ss 1–2, 230 sch 1 pt 1
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 17 September 2012 (see s 2)
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 ss 1, 2(b), pt 15
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 28 February 2015 (2014 SL No. 321)
Treasury and Trade and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 ss 1, 111 sch 4
commenced on date of assent
Public Guardian Act 2014 ss 1–2(1), ch 8 pt 7
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2014 (see s 2
(1))
Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Act 2015 s 1, pt 3
commenced on date of assent
Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Another Act Amendment Act 2015
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
pt 2 commenced 29 January 2016 (2016 SL No. 4)
Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016
pt 2, divs 1–2, ss 62–64, 65(2) (to the extent it ins the defs police protection notice and release conditions), (3), ss 66–71, 72(2) (to the extent it ins the def release conditions), 73 sch 1(entries for Corrective Services Act 2006, Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990, Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 and Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000) comm 30 May 2017 (2017 SL No. 48)
pt 2 div 3, ss 71(1), (2) (to the extent it ins defs interstate domestic violence order and police protection notice), 72(1), (2) (to the extent it ins defs interstate domestic violence order and police protection notice), 73 sch 1 (entries for Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003, Explosives Act 1999 and Tow Truck Act 1973) comm 25 November 2017 (2017 SL No. 184)
Victims of Crime Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017pt 2, ss 7, 9, 10, 101 sch 1 amdts of Bail Act 1980, Criminal Code, Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 and Justices Act 1886 comm 1 December 2017 (2017 SL No. 215)
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020pt 5 comm on date of assent
Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020pt 13 div 5 comm 1 July 2021 (2021 SL No. 25 item 2)Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021pt 3 comm 30 April 2022 (2022 SL No. 21)Child Protection Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022s 132 sch 1 comm 31 October 2022 (see s 2(d)–(e) and 2022 SL No. 149)Evidence and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022sch 1 pt 1 comm on date of assentpt 5, sch 1 pt 2 comm 12 September 2022 (2022 SL No. 110)Domestic and Family Violence Protection (Combating Coercive Control) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023pt 4 comm 1 August 2023 (2023 SL No. 94)Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 s 247 sch 1 s 3 comm 1 February 2024 (2024 SL No. 1) Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023sch 1 pt 2 not yet proclaimed into force (see s 2(1))Criminal Law (Coercive Control and Affirmative Consent) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024pt 4 divs 1–2 comm on date of assentpt 4 divs 3–7, s 102 sch 1 div 1 not yet proclaimed into force (see s 2(1)(b), (e)–(f)Justice Legislation (COVID-19 Emergency Response—Permanency) Amendment Bill 2021Criminal Justice Legislation (Sexual Violence and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2024Police and Other Legislation (Police Efficiencies) Amendment Bill [No ATD]
1History notesLong title amd 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 1s 4 amd 2015 No. 34 s 4; 2023 No. 1 s 30s 5 amd 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 1s 6 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 8 amd 2023 No. 1 s 31s 11 amd 2023 No. 1 s 32s 12 amd 2023 No. 1 s 33s 15 amd 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4; 2020 No. 33 s 130s 22 amd 2016 No. 51 s 51s 22A ins 2023 No. 1 s 34s 26 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 27 amd 2021 No. 23 s 6; 2022 No. 12 s 52 sch 1 pt 1s 28 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 30 amd 2016 No. 51 s 52s 31 sub 2016 No. 51 s 53s 32 amd 2021 No. 23 s 7s 34 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1; 2021 No. 23 s 8s 36 sub 2021 No. 23 s 9s 36A ins 2023 No. 1 s 35s 37 amd 2016 No. 51 s 4; 2023 No. 1 s 36; 2024 No. 5 s 27pt 3 div 1A hdg ins 2015 No. 34 s 5s 41 sub 2015 No. 34 s 5s 41A ins 2015 No. 34 s 5s 41B ins 2015 No. 34 s 5s 41C ins 2015 No. 34 s 5amd 2023 No. 1 s 37s 41D ins 2015 No. 34 s 5amd 2023 No. 1 s 38s 41E ins 2015 No. 34 s 5s 41F ins 2015 No. 34 s 5s 41G ins 2023 No. 1 s 39pt 3 div 1B hdg ins 2015 No. 34 s 5s 42 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1; 2023 No. 1 s 40s 43 amd 2023 No. 1 s 41s 44 amd 2016 No. 51 s 5; 2021 No. 23 s 10s 45 amd 2021 No. 23 s 11; 2023 No. 1 s 42s 47A ins 2021 No. 23 s 12s 48 sub 2013 No. 35 s 66amd 2015 No. 34 s 6s 49 sub 2015 No. 34 s 7s 51 amd 2023 No. 1 s 43s 56 amd 2016 No. 51 s 6s 57 amd 2015 No. 34 s 8; 2016 No. 51 s 7s 62 amd 2015 No. 34 s 9s 63 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 schs 64 amd 2015 No. 34 s 10pt 3 div 6 hdg amd 2016 No. 51 s 8s 69 amd 2016 No. 51 s 9s 70 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 71 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 72 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 73 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 76 om 2016 No. 51 s 10s 78 amd 2016 No. 51 s 11pt 3 div 8 note sub 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 83 amd 2016 No. 51 s 12s 84 amd 2016 No. 51 s 13s 85 amd 2016 No. 51 s 14s 86 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1; 2021 No. 23 s 13s 88 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1; 2021 No. 23 s 14s 90 sub 2021 No. 23 s 15s 90A ins 2023 No. 1 s 44s 91 amd 2016 No. 51 s 15; 2023 No. 1 s 45s 92 amd 2016 No. 51 s 16s 97 sub 2016 No. 51 s 17s 100 amd 2016 No. 51 s 18s 101 sub 2016 No. 51 s 19amd 2016 No. 51 s 54s 101A ins 2016 No. 51 s 19s 101B ins 2016 No. 51 s 19s 102 amd 2016 No. 51 s 20s 103 amd 2016 No. 51 s 21s 104 amd 2016 No. 51 s 22s 105 amd 2016 No. 51 s 23s 106 sub 2016 No. 51 s 24s 106A ins 2016 No. 51 s 24s 107 amd 2016 No. 51 s 25s 107A ins 2016 No. 51 s 26s 107B ins 2016 No. 51 s 26s 107C ins 2016 No. 51 s 26s 107D ins 2016 No. 51 s 26s 108 amd 2016 No. 51 s 27s 109 sub 2016 No. 51 s 28s 109A ins 2016 No. 51 s 28s 110 amd 2016 No. 51 ss 29, 55s 111 amd 2016 No. 51 s 30s 112 amd 2016 No. 51 s 31s 113 sub 2016 No. 51 s 32amd 2023 No. 1 s 46s 116 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 117 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 119 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 124 amd 2016 No. 51 s 33s 125 sub 2016 No. 51 s 34s 127 amd 2016 No. 51 s 35s 128 amd 2016 No. 51 s 36s 129 amd 2016 No. 51 s 37s 130 amd 2016 No. 51 s 38s 132 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1pt 4 div 5 hdg amd 2016 No. 51 s 39s 134 sub 2016 No. 51 s 40s 134A ins 2016 No. 51 s 40amd 2020 No. 7 s 16s 134B ins 2016 No. 51 s 40s 134C ins 2016 No. 51 s 40s 134D ins 2016 No. 51 s 40s 134E ins 2016 No. 51 s 40s 134F ins 2016 No. 51 s 40pt 4 div 6 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 41s 137 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 139 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 142 sub 2013 No. 35 s 67s 142A ins 2021 No. 23 s 16s 145 amd 2017 No. 8 s 101 sch 1s 150 amd 2023 No. 1 s 47s 151 amd 2023 No. 1 s 48s 152 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 153 amd 2016 No. 51 s 42s 154 amd 2017 No. 8 s 101 sch 1; 2021 No. 23 s 17s 157 amd 2023 No. 1 s 49pt 5 div 3A hdg ins 2023 No. 1 s 50s 157A ins 2023 No. 1 s 50s 157B ins 2023 No. 1 s 50s 157C ins 2023 No. 1 s 50s 160 amd 2016 No. 51 s 43s 160A ins 2023 No. 1 s 51s 162 amd 2016 No. 51 s 56s 163 amd 2014 No. 26 s 232s 164 amd 2015 No. 34 s 11s 165 amd 2015 No. 34 s 12s 166 amd 2015 No. 34 s 13pt 5A hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 44pt 5A div 1 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169A ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169B ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169C ins 2016 No. 51 s 44pt 5A div 2 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169D ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169E ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169F ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169G ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169H ins 2016 No. 51 s 44amd 2020 No. 7 s 17s 169I ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169J ins 2016 No. 51 s 44amd 2022 No. 12 s 31; 2022 No. 7 s 132 sch 1pt 5A div 3 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169K ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169L ins 2016 No. 51 s 44pt 5A div 4 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169M ins 2016 No. 51 s 44pt 5A div 5 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169N ins 2016 No. 51 s 44s 169O ins 2016 No. 51 s 44amd 2022 No. 12 s 52 sch 1 pt 2; 2022 No. 7 s 132 sch 1pt 6 hdg sub 2016 No. 51 s 57pt 6 div 1 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 170 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57s 171 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57s 172 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57s 173 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57s 174 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57s 175 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57pt 6 div 2 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 57pt 6 div 2 sdiv 1 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176A ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176B ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176C ins 2016 No. 51 s 57pt 6 div 2 sdiv 2 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176D ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176E ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176F ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176G ins 2016 No. 51 s 57pt 6 div 3 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176H ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176I ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176J ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176K ins 2016 No. 51 s 57pt 6 div 4 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176L ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176M ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176N ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176O ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176P ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176Q ins 2016 No. 51 s 57pt 6 div 5 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176R ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176S ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176T ins 2016 No. 51 s 57pt 6 div 6 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 176U ins 2016 No. 51 s 57s 177 amd 2015 No. 17 s 7; 2016 No. 51 ss 58, 73 sch 1s 178 sub 2016 No. 51 s 45s 179 amd 2016 No. 51 s 46s 181 sub 2015 No. 17 s 8s 182 amd 2015 No. 17 s 9pt 8 div 1 note om 2013 No. 35 s 68s 184 amd 2016 No. 51 s 47; 2023 No. 1 s 52s 184A ins 2023 No. 1 s 53s 186 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 189 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1s 189A ins 2023 No. 1 s 54s 189B ins 2023 No. 1 s 54s 192 amd 2016 No. 51 s 48pt 10 div 1 hdg ins 2015 No. 34 s 14s 195 amd 2015 No. 34 s 15s 208 amd 2015 No. 34 s 16pt 10 div 2 hdg ins 2015 No. 34 s 17s 215 ins 2015 No. 34 s 17pt 10 div 3 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 49pt 10 div 3 sdiv 1 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 49s 216 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49amd 2016 No. 51 s 59pt 10 div 3 sdiv 2 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 49s 217 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49s 218 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49s 219 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49s 220 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49s 221 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49s 222 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49pt 10 div 3 sdiv 3 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 60s 223 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60s 224 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60s 225 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60s 226 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60pt 10 div 3 sdiv 4 hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 60s 227 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60s 228 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60pt 10 div 4 hdg ins 2021 No. 23 s 18s 229 ins 2021 No. 23 s 18s 230 ins 2021 No. 23 s 18s 231 ins 2021 No. 23 s 18s 232 ins 2021 No. 23 s 18pt 10 div 5 hdg ins 2023 No. 1 s 55s 233 ins 2023 No. 1 s 55s 234 ins 2023 No. 1 s 55s 235 ins 2023 No. 1 s 55s 236 ins 2023 No. 1 s 55pt 10 div 6 hdg ins 2024 No. 5 s 28s 237 ins 2024 No. 5 s 28sch def adult guardian om 2014 No. 26 s 233 (1)sch def clerk amd 2015 No. 34 s 18 (3)sch def commencement amd 2015 No. 34 s 18 (4)sch def cool-down condition ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)sch def corresponding law ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def criminal history ins 2023 No. 1 s 56sch def cross application ins 2015 No. 34 s 18 (2)sch def domestic violence history ins 2023 No. 1 s 56sch def domestic violence offence ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)sch def DVO ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def family law order sub 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)–(2)sch def final order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def information ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)sch def interim order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def interstate law enforcement agency ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def interstate order sub 2016 No. 51 s 61 (1)–(2)sch def intervention order ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)sch def issuing authority ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def local Magistrates Court sub 2015 No. 34 s 18 (1)–(2)sch def local order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def make ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def named person sub 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)–(2)sch def New Zealand order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def no-contact condition ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)sch def offence involving domestic violence om 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)sch def original application ins 2015 No. 34 s 18 (2)sch def original protection order ins 2015 No. 34 s 18 (2)sch def ouster condition sub 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)–(2)sch def participating jurisdiction ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def person most in need of protection ins 2023 No. 1 s 56sch def police commissioner om 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 s 3sch def police prosecutor ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)sch def police protection notice amd 2016 No. 51 s 50 (3)sch def prescribed entity ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)sch def properly notified ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def protected person ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def public guardian ins 2014 No. 26 s 233 (2)sch def recognised interstate order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def registered foreign order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def registered interstate order om 2016 No. 51 s 61 (1)sch def registered New Zealand order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def registrar ins 2015 No. 34 s 18 (2)sch def release conditions ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)sch def repealed Act amd 2015 No. 34 s 18 (4)sch def respondent sub 2016 No. 51 s 61 (1)–(2)sch def return condition sub 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)–(2)sch def revoke ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)sch def specialist DFV service provider ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)sch def substituted service order ins 2023 No. 1 s 56sch def support service provider ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)sch def variation amd 2016 No. 51 s 61 (3)sch def variation application ins 2015 No. 34 s 18 (2)sub 2016 No. 51 s 61 (1)–(2)sch def variation declaration ins 2021 No. 23 s 19sch def varied order amd 2016 No. 51 s 50 (4)sch def verification declaration ins 2021 No. 23 s 19sch def voluntary intervention order om 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)sch (prev sch 2) unnum 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 1
Bill (Introduction)
Explanatory Note
Bill (3rd Reading)
Explanatory Note
Act 2012, No. 5