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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.56Domestic violence order must include standard conditions
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### sec.56 Domestic violence order must include standard conditions
A court making a domestic violence order must impose a condition that the respondent—
must be of good behaviour towards the aggrieved and not commit domestic violence against the aggrieved; and
must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be domestic violence against the aggrieved; and
if the order includes a named person who is an adult—
must be of good behaviour towards the named person; and
must not commit associated domestic violence against the named person; and
must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be associated domestic violence against the named person; and
if the order includes a named person who is a child—
must be of good behaviour towards the child; and
must not commit associated domestic violence against the child; and
must not expose the child to domestic violence; and
must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be associated domestic violence against the child; and
must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that exposes the child to domestic violence.
If the court does not exercise its power to impose conditions under subsection (1) , the court is taken to have done so.
s 56 amd 2016 No. 51 s 6 ; 2024 No. 5 s 48
(sec.56-ssec.1) A court making a domestic violence order must impose a condition that the respondent— must be of good behaviour towards the aggrieved and not commit domestic violence against the aggrieved; and must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be domestic violence against the aggrieved; and if the order includes a named person who is an adult— must be of good behaviour towards the named person; and must not commit associated domestic violence against the named person; and must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be associated domestic violence against the named person; and if the order includes a named person who is a child— must be of good behaviour towards the child; and must not commit associated domestic violence against the child; and must not expose the child to domestic violence; and must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be associated domestic violence against the child; and must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that exposes the child to domestic violence.
(sec.56-ssec.2) If the court does not exercise its power to impose conditions under subsection (1) , the court is taken to have done so.
- (a) must be of good behaviour towards the aggrieved and not commit domestic violence against the aggrieved; and
- (b) must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be domestic violence against the aggrieved; and
- (c) if the order includes a named person who is an adult— (i) must be of good behaviour towards the named person; and (ii) must not commit associated domestic violence against the named person; and (iii) must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be associated domestic violence against the named person; and
- (i) must be of good behaviour towards the named person; and
- (ii) must not commit associated domestic violence against the named person; and
- (iii) must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be associated domestic violence against the named person; and
- (d) if the order includes a named person who is a child— (i) must be of good behaviour towards the child; and (ii) must not commit associated domestic violence against the child; and (iii) must not expose the child to domestic violence; and (iv) must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be associated domestic violence against the child; and (v) must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that exposes the child to domestic violence.
- (i) must be of good behaviour towards the child; and
- (ii) must not commit associated domestic violence against the child; and
- (iii) must not expose the child to domestic violence; and
- (iv) must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be associated domestic violence against the child; and
- (v) must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that exposes the child to domestic violence.
- (i) must be of good behaviour towards the named person; and
- (ii) must not commit associated domestic violence against the named person; and
- (iii) must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be associated domestic violence against the named person; and
- (i) must be of good behaviour towards the child; and
- (ii) must not commit associated domestic violence against the child; and
- (iii) must not expose the child to domestic violence; and
- (iv) must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that, if done by the respondent, would be associated domestic violence against the child; and
- (v) must not organise, encourage, ask, tell, force or engage another person to do something that exposes the child to domestic violence.