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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.100ICondition for protection of unborn child
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### sec.100I Condition for protection of unborn child
This section applies if—
a police officer issuing a police protection direction reasonably believes an aggrieved is pregnant; and
the direction does not include any conditions mentioned in section 100H .
See section 100C (3) .
The police protection direction may include a condition mentioned in section 100G (d) that takes effect when the child is born.
The police officer may impose the condition if satisfied the condition is necessary or desirable to protect the child from associated domestic violence, or being exposed to domestic violence, once the child is born.
To remove any doubt, it is declared that the police officer may impose the condition whether or not the respondent is the father of the child.
s 100I ins 2025 No. 18 s 19
(sec.100I-ssec.1) This section applies if— a police officer issuing a police protection direction reasonably believes an aggrieved is pregnant; and the direction does not include any conditions mentioned in section 100H . See section 100C (3) .
(sec.100I-ssec.2) The police protection direction may include a condition mentioned in section 100G (d) that takes effect when the child is born.
(sec.100I-ssec.3) The police officer may impose the condition if satisfied the condition is necessary or desirable to protect the child from associated domestic violence, or being exposed to domestic violence, once the child is born.
(sec.100I-ssec.4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the police officer may impose the condition whether or not the respondent is the father of the child.
- (a) a police officer issuing a police protection direction reasonably believes an aggrieved is pregnant; and
- (b) the direction does not include any conditions mentioned in section 100H . Note— See section 100C (3) .