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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.169FPolice officer may refer person to specialist DFV service provider
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### sec.169F Police officer may refer person to specialist DFV service provider
A police officer may give referral information about a person to a specialist DFV service provider if the police officer reasonably believes—
the person fears or is experiencing domestic violence and there is a threat to the person’s life, health or safety because of the domestic violence; or
the person has committed domestic violence against another person.
The following information about a person is referral information —
the person’s name;
the person’s contact details, including, for example, the person’s telephone number or email address;
details of the basis for the reasonable belief;
any other information that is, in the police officer’s opinion, reasonably necessary to assist the entity receiving the information to offer to provide a service to the person.
whether the person is the primary carer of children
s 169F ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
(sec.169F-ssec.1) A police officer may give referral information about a person to a specialist DFV service provider if the police officer reasonably believes— the person fears or is experiencing domestic violence and there is a threat to the person’s life, health or safety because of the domestic violence; or the person has committed domestic violence against another person.
(sec.169F-ssec.2) The following information about a person is referral information — the person’s name; the person’s contact details, including, for example, the person’s telephone number or email address; details of the basis for the reasonable belief; any other information that is, in the police officer’s opinion, reasonably necessary to assist the entity receiving the information to offer to provide a service to the person. whether the person is the primary carer of children
- (a) the person fears or is experiencing domestic violence and there is a threat to the person’s life, health or safety because of the domestic violence; or
- (b) the person has committed domestic violence against another person.
- (a) the person’s name;
- (b) the person’s contact details, including, for example, the person’s telephone number or email address;
- (c) details of the basis for the reasonable belief;
- (d) any other information that is, in the police officer’s opinion, reasonably necessary to assist the entity receiving the information to offer to provide a service to the person. Example for paragraph (d) — whether the person is the primary carer of children