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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.100FNaming persons in direction
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### sec.100F Naming persons in direction
This section applies if a police officer issuing a police protection direction reasonably believes—
naming a child of the aggrieved, or a child who usually lives with the aggrieved, in the direction is necessary or desirable to protect the child from—
associated domestic violence; or
being exposed to domestic violence committed by the respondent; or
naming another relative, or an associate, of the aggrieved in the direction is necessary or desirable to protect the relative or associate from associated domestic violence.
The police officer may name the child, relative or associate (each a named person ) in the police protection direction.
See, however, section 100C (3) .
s 100F ins 2025 No. 18 s 19
(sec.100F-ssec.1) This section applies if a police officer issuing a police protection direction reasonably believes— naming a child of the aggrieved, or a child who usually lives with the aggrieved, in the direction is necessary or desirable to protect the child from— associated domestic violence; or being exposed to domestic violence committed by the respondent; or naming another relative, or an associate, of the aggrieved in the direction is necessary or desirable to protect the relative or associate from associated domestic violence.
(sec.100F-ssec.2) The police officer may name the child, relative or associate (each a named person ) in the police protection direction. See, however, section 100C (3) .
- (a) naming a child of the aggrieved, or a child who usually lives with the aggrieved, in the direction is necessary or desirable to protect the child from— (i) associated domestic violence; or (ii) being exposed to domestic violence committed by the respondent; or
- (i) associated domestic violence; or
- (ii) being exposed to domestic violence committed by the respondent; or
- (b) naming another relative, or an associate, of the aggrieved in the direction is necessary or desirable to protect the relative or associate from associated domestic violence.
- (i) associated domestic violence; or
- (ii) being exposed to domestic violence committed by the respondent; or