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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.178Contravention of police protection notice
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### sec.178 Contravention of police protection notice
This section applies to a respondent in relation to whom a police protection notice is in force.
See section 113 (1) for when a police protection notice takes effect.
The respondent must not contravene the police protection notice.
Maximum penalty—120 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.
A court hearing proceedings for the prosecution of an offence against subsection (2) must consider whether the police protection notice was issued in substantial compliance with part 4 , division 2 .
If the police protection notice took effect under section 113 (1) (b) , the prosecution bears the onus of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the respondent has been told by a police officer about the existence of a police protection notice or about a condition of the notice the respondent is alleged to have contravened.
s 178 sub 2016 No. 51 s 45
(sec.178-ssec.1) This section applies to a respondent in relation to whom a police protection notice is in force. See section 113 (1) for when a police protection notice takes effect.
(sec.178-ssec.2) The respondent must not contravene the police protection notice. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.
(sec.178-ssec.3) A court hearing proceedings for the prosecution of an offence against subsection (2) must consider whether the police protection notice was issued in substantial compliance with part 4 , division 2 .
(sec.178-ssec.4) If the police protection notice took effect under section 113 (1) (b) , the prosecution bears the onus of proving, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the respondent has been told by a police officer about the existence of a police protection notice or about a condition of the notice the respondent is alleged to have contravened.