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Last Updated: 1 December 2016
AN ACT TO PROVIDE GREATER PROTECTION FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TO CLARIFY THE DUTIES OF THE POLICE IN THAT REGARD, TO INTRODUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDERS AND OTHER MEASURES TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TO PROMOTE REHABILITATION OF PERPETRATORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FOR RELATED MATTERS
[DV 16] Legal practitioners to provide information about services16
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(2) Subsection (1) applies unless the legal practitioner considers that providing the person with information in the prescribed form would not be useful or appropriate for the person in the circumstances.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), subsection (1) applies when a legal practitioner receives instructions from—
- (a)a person who instructs that they have been a victim of domestic violence;
- (b)a person who seeks to be, or is, protected by an order made under this Act;
- (c)a person who instructs that they have perpetrated domestic violence;
- (d)a person who is the respondent to an application for an order under this Act; and
- (e)a person who has been charged with a domestic violence offence.
(4) Where subsection (3) applies but the legal practitioner is of the opinion that the person is unable to read or understand information in the prescribed form, the legal practitioner must take reasonable steps to explain the information to the person.