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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.100XConduct of review
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### sec.100X Conduct of review
A review of a police protection direction under this subdivision may be conducted only by a police officer (the reviewing officer )—
of a rank higher than the supervising officer who approved the issue of the direction; and
authorised by the police commissioner to conduct reviews of police protection directions under this subdivision; and
who was not involved in investigating the relevant domestic violence.
Subsection (1) (a) does not apply if the police commissioner was the supervising officer who approved the issue of the police protection direction.
The reviewing officer must—
consider all relevant information available to the officer, including any submissions made, or information given, in relation to the direction under section 100W ; and
decide the review on the basis of the circumstances that existed when the police protection direction was issued, including any circumstances that existed at that time but were not known or considered by the police officer who issued the direction.
s 100X ins 2025 No. 18 s 19
(sec.100X-ssec.1) A review of a police protection direction under this subdivision may be conducted only by a police officer (the reviewing officer )— of a rank higher than the supervising officer who approved the issue of the direction; and authorised by the police commissioner to conduct reviews of police protection directions under this subdivision; and who was not involved in investigating the relevant domestic violence.
(sec.100X-ssec.2) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply if the police commissioner was the supervising officer who approved the issue of the police protection direction.
(sec.100X-ssec.3) The reviewing officer must— consider all relevant information available to the officer, including any submissions made, or information given, in relation to the direction under section 100W ; and decide the review on the basis of the circumstances that existed when the police protection direction was issued, including any circumstances that existed at that time but were not known or considered by the police officer who issued the direction.
- (a) of a rank higher than the supervising officer who approved the issue of the direction; and
- (b) authorised by the police commissioner to conduct reviews of police protection directions under this subdivision; and
- (c) who was not involved in investigating the relevant domestic violence.
- (a) consider all relevant information available to the officer, including any submissions made, or information given, in relation to the direction under section 100W ; and
- (b) decide the review on the basis of the circumstances that existed when the police protection direction was issued, including any circumstances that existed at that time but were not known or considered by the police officer who issued the direction.