sec.135QGeneral obligation

### sec.135Q General obligation This section applies to an approved provider who is— assessing the defendant’s suitability to participate in the scheme under section 135F ; or providing an approved diversion program or counselling for the defendant. The approved provider has an ongoing obligation while carrying out the assessment or providing the program or counselling to— assess whether the defendant’s behaviour may pose a risk to the safety, protection or wellbeing of the aggrieved or a named person in the domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice; and assist with providing services to the aggrieved or a named person in the domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice. s 135Q ins 2024 No. 5 s 40 amd 2025 No. 18 s 83 sch 1 (sec.135Q-ssec.1) This section applies to an approved provider who is— assessing the defendant’s suitability to participate in the scheme under section 135F ; or providing an approved diversion program or counselling for the defendant. (sec.135Q-ssec.2) The approved provider has an ongoing obligation while carrying out the assessment or providing the program or counselling to— assess whether the defendant’s behaviour may pose a risk to the safety, protection or wellbeing of the aggrieved or a named person in the domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice; and assist with providing services to the aggrieved or a named person in the domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice. - (a) assessing the defendant’s suitability to participate in the scheme under section 135F ; or - (b) providing an approved diversion program or counselling for the defendant. - (a) assess whether the defendant’s behaviour may pose a risk to the safety, protection or wellbeing of the aggrieved or a named person in the domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice; and - (b) assist with providing services to the aggrieved or a named person in the domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice.