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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.66CConsiderations for imposing monitoring device condition
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### sec.66C Considerations for imposing monitoring device condition
In deciding whether to impose a monitoring device condition on the respondent, the court must consider, in addition to the matters mentioned in section 57 and the information given under section 66D , the following matters—
the personal circumstances of the respondent, including the geographical area where the respondent lives and the respondent’s living arrangements;
the respondent’s ability to charge and maintain the monitoring device;
any views or wishes expressed by the aggrieved or named person regarding imposing the monitoring device condition on the respondent;
any other matter prescribed by regulation for this section.
Without limiting subsection (1) , a court imposing a monitoring device condition on the respondent must consider whether to impose on the respondent—
an ouster condition; or
a condition under section 58 (c) that prohibits the respondent from approaching, or attempting to approach, the aggrieved or named person.
s 66C ins 2025 No. 18 s 15
exp 1 October 2027 (see s 66H)
(sec.66C-ssec.1) In deciding whether to impose a monitoring device condition on the respondent, the court must consider, in addition to the matters mentioned in section 57 and the information given under section 66D , the following matters— the personal circumstances of the respondent, including the geographical area where the respondent lives and the respondent’s living arrangements; the respondent’s ability to charge and maintain the monitoring device; any views or wishes expressed by the aggrieved or named person regarding imposing the monitoring device condition on the respondent; any other matter prescribed by regulation for this section.
(sec.66C-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a court imposing a monitoring device condition on the respondent must consider whether to impose on the respondent— an ouster condition; or a condition under section 58 (c) that prohibits the respondent from approaching, or attempting to approach, the aggrieved or named person.
- (a) the personal circumstances of the respondent, including the geographical area where the respondent lives and the respondent’s living arrangements;
- (b) the respondent’s ability to charge and maintain the monitoring device;
- (c) any views or wishes expressed by the aggrieved or named person regarding imposing the monitoring device condition on the respondent;
- (d) any other matter prescribed by regulation for this section.
- (a) an ouster condition; or
- (b) a condition under section 58 (c) that prohibits the respondent from approaching, or attempting to approach, the aggrieved or named person.