Family Violence Bill

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Part 7 Programmes and prescribed services

Interpretation

Preliminary provisions

183 Guide to this Part

This Part contains provisions about programmes and prescribed services, including provisions indicating that

(a)

assessors and service providers may be approved to provide non-violence programmes or prescribed services (see section 212):

(b)

an assessor or service provider must notify the Registrar and the Police of any safety concerns (see section 185):

(c)

if the court makes a protection order, the applicant, or the applicant’s representative, can request a safety programme be provided to the applicant, a child of the applicant’s family, or a specified person (see section 187):

(d)

the court, on making a protection order, must direct the respondent to undertake assessment for, and attend, a non-violence programme (see section 188):

(e)

the court, on making a protection order, may direct the respondent to undertake an assessment for prescribed services, and to engage with any prescribed standard service, provided by a service provider, that an assessor has determined may be appropriate for and may benefit the respondent (see section 188):

(f)

the court may direct and require the respondent to engage with a prescribed non-standard service if the assessor has determined that the service may be appropriate for and may benefit the respondent (see section 198):

(g)

in general, information provided to an assessor or service provider must not be admitted as evidence (see section 205):

(h)

failure to comply with a direction is a criminal offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months (see section 211).