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Queensland
Domestic and Family Violence
Protection and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill
2025
Queensland
Domestic and Family Violence Protection
and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
2025
Contents
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Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Part 2 Amendment of Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4 Amendment of s 3 (Main objects) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5 Amendment of s 21 (Who is an aggrieved and who is a respondent) 9
6 Amendment of s 22 (Child as aggrieved or respondent) . . . . . . . 9
7 Amendment of s 22A (Who is the person most in need of protection in a
relevant relationship) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8 Amendment of s 25 (Who can apply for a protection order) . . . . 10
9 Amendment of s 32 (Application for protection order) . . . . . . . . . 10
10 Amendment of s 36A (Court must be given respondent’s criminal history
and domestic violence history) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
11 Amendment of s 37 (When court may make protection order) . . 11
12 Amendment of s 44 (When court may make temporary protection order)
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13 Insertion of new pt 3, div 5, sdiv 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
14 Insertion of new pt 3, div 5, sdiv 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
15 Insertion of new pt 3, div 5, sdiv 3 and sdiv 4, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Subdivision 3 Monitoring device conditions
66A Definitions for subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
66B Court may impose monitoring device condition . . . . . 14
66C Considerations for imposing monitoring device condition 15
66D Request for information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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66E Other conditions and arrangements if monitoring device
condition imposed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
66F Information relating to monitoring device condition . . 18
66G Restriction on disclosure in proceedings . . . . . . . . . . 19
66H Expiry of subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
16 Amendment of s 75 (Approval of providers and intervention programs)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
17 Amendment of s 83 (No exemption under Weapons Act) . . . . . . 20
18 Amendment of s 100 (Police officer must investigate domestic violence)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
19 Insertion of new pt 4, div 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Division 1A Power to issue police protection direction
Subdivision 1 Preliminary
100A Purpose of police protection directions . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Subdivision 2 Issue of police protection direction
100B Police officer may issue direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
100C Circumstances when police officer must not issue direction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
100D Restriction on issuing direction involving child of respondent
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
100E Other matters for consideration before issuing direction 25
100F Naming persons in direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
100G Standard conditions must be included . . . . . . . . . . . 27
100H Other conditions may be included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
100I Condition for protection of unborn child . . . . . . . . . . . 30
100J Police officer must consider accommodation needs . 30
100K Approval of supervising police officer required . . . . . 31
100L Cross-direction not permitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
100M Contact details and address for service . . . . . . . . . . 33
100N Form of direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
100O Service of direction and grounds on respondent . . . . 36
100P Giving copy of direction and grounds to aggrieved and named
persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
100Q Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
100R Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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100S Amendment of police protection direction . . . . . . . . . 41
Subdivision 4 Police review of direction
100T Starting review on police officer’s initiative . . . . . . . . 42
100U Starting review on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
100V Effect of starting review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
100W Submissions and information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
100X Conduct of review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
100Y Decision on review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Subdivision 5 Court review of direction
100Z Application for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
100ZA Filing and service of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
100ZB Police protection direction taken to be application for
protection order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
100ZC Effect of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
100ZD Decision of court about police protection direction . . 52
20 Amendment of s 134 (Application of division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
21 Amendment of s 134A (Power to give direction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
22 Amendment of s 134E (Responsibilities of police officer in relation to
direction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
23 Amendment of s 134F (Offence to contravene direction) . . . . . . 54
24 Amendment of s 135B (Diversion orders scheme) . . . . . . . . . . . 54
25 Amendment of s 135C (Eligibility criteria for participation in scheme) 54
26 Amendment of s 135T (Approval of providers and diversion programs)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
27 Amendment of s 145 (Evidence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
28 Amendment of s 164 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
29 Amendment of s 172 (Meaning of local order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
30 Amendment of s 175 (Meaning of properly notified) . . . . . . . . . . 55
31 Insertion of new s 177A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
177A Contravention of a police protection direction . . . . . . 56
32 Amendment of s 179A (Engaging in domestic violence or associated
domestic violence to aid respondent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
33 Amendment of s 180 (Aggrieved or named person not guilty of offence)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
34 Amendment of s 184 (Service of order on respondent) . . . . . . . 58
35 Amendment of s 188 (Giving of document to child) . . . . . . . . . . 58
36 Amendment of s 189 (Evidentiary provision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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37 Insertion of new s 189C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
189C Police protection directions register . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
38 Insertion of new s 192A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
192A Review of police protection directions provisions . . . 60
39 Insertion of new pt 10, div 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Division 7 Transitional provisions for Domestic and Family
Violence Protection and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2025
243 Effectiveness of monitoring device condition after court stops
being prescribed or pt 3, div 5, sdiv 3 expires . . . . . . 61
244 Application of pt 3, div 5, sdiv 3 to proceeding to vary
domestic violence order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
40 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Part 3 Amendment of Evidence Act 1977
41 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
42 Replacement of s 103C (Meaning of domestic violence proceeding) 64
103C Meaning of domestic violence proceeding . . . . . . . . 64
43 Amendment of pt 6A, div 2, sdiv 1, hdg (Use of recorded statements)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
44 Amendment of s 103D (Use of recorded statement as complainant’s
evidence-in-chief) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
45 Amendment of s 103E (Requirements for making recorded statements)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
46 Amendment of s 103F (When recorded statement is made with informed
consent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
47 Amendment of s 103H (Admissibility of recorded statements generally)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
48 Amendment of s 103I (Admissibility of recorded statements in particular
committal proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
49 Amendment of s 103IA (Admissibility of transcripts of recorded
statements in particular registry committal proceedings) . . . . . . 69
50 Amendment of s 103Q (Unauthorised possession of, or dealing in,
recorded statements or transcripts of recorded statements) . . . . 69
51 Insertion of new pt 6A, div 2, sdiv 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Subdivision 5 Miscellaneous
103SAA Operation of particular provision not affected in relation to use
of recorded statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
52 Insertion of new pt 9, div 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Division 18 Transitional provisions for Domestic and Family
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178 Definitions for division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
179 Recorded statements not completed before commencement
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
180 Recorded statements made under former s 103E . . 71
181 Application of former pt 6A, divs 1 and 2 to particular existing
domestic violence proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
182 Application of new pt 6A, divs 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Part 4 Amendment of Explosives Act 1999
53 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
54 Amendment of s 12B (Criteria for deciding applications) . . . . . . 73
55 Amendment of s 12G (Reports about criminal history and other matters)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
56 Amendment of s 12H (Commissioner must give notice of particular
matters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
57 Amendment of s 25B (Immediate cancellation if protection order made)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
58 Amendment of s 126AA (Effect of appeals against domestic violence
orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
126AA Effect of setting aside or revoking domestic violence order or
police protection direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
59 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Part 5 Amendment of Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
60 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
61 Amendment of s 11 (Matters to be considered in determining offender’s
character) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Part 6 Amendment of Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
62 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
63 Amendment of s 365 (Arrest without warrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
64 Amendment of s 604 (Dealing with persons affected by potentially
harmful things) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
65 Amendment of s 610 (Police actions after domestic violence order, police
protection notice or release conditions are made) . . . . . . . . . . . 77
66 Amendment of s 715 (What is the appointed day for disposal of weapons
under s 714) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
67 Amendment of sch 5A (Prescribed documents for service by electronic
communication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
68 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Part 7 Amendment of Residential Tenancies and Rooming
Accommodation Act 2008
69 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
70 Amendment of s 245 (Injury to domestic associate) . . . . . . . . . . 78
71 Amendment of s 344 (Damage or injury) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
72 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Part 8 Amendment of Weapons Act 1990
73 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
74 Amendment of s 10B (Fit and proper person—licensees) . . . . . 80
75 Amendment of s 10C (Fit and proper person—licensed dealer’s
associate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
76 Amendment of s 24 (Change in licensee’s circumstances) . . . . . 80
77 Amendment of s 28A (Revocation or suspension of licence and related
matters after protection order is made) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
78 Amendment of s 29A (Action by court if respondent has access to
weapons through employment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
79 Amendment of s 29B (Arrangements for surrender of suspended or
revoked licences and weapons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
80 Amendment of s 34AA (Effect of an appeal against a domestic violence
order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
34AA Effect of discharging domestic violence order or revoking or
setting aside police protection direction . . . . . . . . . . 83
81 Amendment of s 53 (An unlicensed person may use a weapon at an
approved range) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
82 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Part 9 Other amendments
83 Legislation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Schedule 1 Other amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Child Protection Act 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Corrective Services Act 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Criminal Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Disability Services Act 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 . . . . . . . . . . 87
Industrial Relations Act 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 88
2025
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Domestic and Family Violence Protection
Act 2012, the Evidence Act 1977, the Explosives Act 1999, the
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, the Police Powers and
Responsibilities Act 2000, the Residential Tenancies and
Rooming Accommodation Act 2008, the Weapons Act 1990 and
the legislation mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes
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Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Part 1 Preliminary
The Parliament of Queensland enacts—
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Domestic and Family Violence
Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
Part 2 Amendment of Domestic and
Family Violence Protection Act
2012
3 Act amended
This part amends the Domestic and Family Violence
Protection Act 2012.
Note—
See also the amendments in schedule 1.
4 Amendment of s 3 (Main objects)
(1) Section 3(2)(b), after ‘issue a’—
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