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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.134EResponsibilities of police officer in relation to direction
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### sec.134E Responsibilities of police officer in relation to direction
The police officer giving the direction must do a thing mentioned in section 134A (1) (a) to (f) without unreasonable delay after giving the direction.
Without limiting section 134A (1) (c) or (e) , the police officer may arrange for the person to be told about the existence of the order, police protection direction or police protection notice, and the conditions imposed by the order, direction or notice, by—
arranging for a copy of the order, direction or notice to be sent electronically to the police officer so the police officer can read the conditions of the order, direction or notice to the person; or
arranging for another police officer to read the conditions of the order, direction or notice to the person over a radio, telephone or other communication device.
A police officer must remain in the presence of the person while the person, under the direction—
moves to another location; or
remains at a place.
s 134E ins 2016 No. 51 s 40
amd 2025 No. 18 s 22
(sec.134E-ssec.1) The police officer giving the direction must do a thing mentioned in section 134A (1) (a) to (f) without unreasonable delay after giving the direction.
(sec.134E-ssec.2) Without limiting section 134A (1) (c) or (e) , the police officer may arrange for the person to be told about the existence of the order, police protection direction or police protection notice, and the conditions imposed by the order, direction or notice, by— arranging for a copy of the order, direction or notice to be sent electronically to the police officer so the police officer can read the conditions of the order, direction or notice to the person; or arranging for another police officer to read the conditions of the order, direction or notice to the person over a radio, telephone or other communication device.
(sec.134E-ssec.3) A police officer must remain in the presence of the person while the person, under the direction— moves to another location; or remains at a place.
- (a) arranging for a copy of the order, direction or notice to be sent electronically to the police officer so the police officer can read the conditions of the order, direction or notice to the person; or
- (b) arranging for another police officer to read the conditions of the order, direction or notice to the person over a radio, telephone or other communication device.
- (a) moves to another location; or
- (b) remains at a place.