sec.179AEngaging in domestic violence or associated domestic violence to aid respondent

### sec.179A Engaging in domestic violence or associated domestic violence to aid respondent A person who is an adult commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse— the person engages in domestic violence behaviour against another person who is the aggrieved or a named person in a domestic violence order, police protection direction, police protection notice or release conditions; and the domestic violence behaviour is engaged in with the intent of aiding the respondent to the order, direction, notice or conditions; and the person knew, or ought reasonably to have known, the other person was the aggrieved or a named person in the order, direction, notice or conditions. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment. However, if the person derives a benefit from engaging in the domestic violence behaviour, the person is guilty of a crime and is liable to a fine of 240 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years. a private investigator under the Security Providers Act 1993 For subsection (1) (a) , it is immaterial whether the respondent to the domestic violence order, police protection direction, police protection notice or release conditions knew that the person had engaged in domestic violence behaviour against the aggrieved or a named person in the order, direction, notice or conditions. An evidential burden is placed on the defendant in relation to showing a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) . In this section— benefit see the Criminal Code , section 1 . domestic violence behaviour means behaviour that, if engaged in by the respondent to a domestic violence order, police protection direction, police protection notice or release conditions would be domestic violence against the aggrieved or associated domestic violence against a named person in the order, direction, notice or conditions. s 179A ins 2024 No. 5 s 46 amd 2025 No. 18 s 32 (sec.179A-ssec.1) A person who is an adult commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse— the person engages in domestic violence behaviour against another person who is the aggrieved or a named person in a domestic violence order, police protection direction, police protection notice or release conditions; and the domestic violence behaviour is engaged in with the intent of aiding the respondent to the order, direction, notice or conditions; and the person knew, or ought reasonably to have known, the other person was the aggrieved or a named person in the order, direction, notice or conditions. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment. (sec.179A-ssec.2) However, if the person derives a benefit from engaging in the domestic violence behaviour, the person is guilty of a crime and is liable to a fine of 240 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years. a private investigator under the Security Providers Act 1993 (sec.179A-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (a) , it is immaterial whether the respondent to the domestic violence order, police protection direction, police protection notice or release conditions knew that the person had engaged in domestic violence behaviour against the aggrieved or a named person in the order, direction, notice or conditions. (sec.179A-ssec.4) An evidential burden is placed on the defendant in relation to showing a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) . (sec.179A-ssec.5) In this section— benefit see the Criminal Code , section 1 . domestic violence behaviour means behaviour that, if engaged in by the respondent to a domestic violence order, police protection direction, police protection notice or release conditions would be domestic violence against the aggrieved or associated domestic violence against a named person in the order, direction, notice or conditions. - (a) the person engages in domestic violence behaviour against another person who is the aggrieved or a named person in a domestic violence order, police protection direction, police protection notice or release conditions; and - (b) the domestic violence behaviour is engaged in with the intent of aiding the respondent to the order, direction, notice or conditions; and - (c) the person knew, or ought reasonably to have known, the other person was the aggrieved or a named person in the order, direction, notice or conditions.