13ARecording of family violence offences and serial family violence perpetrators

### 13A Recording of family violence offences and serial family violence perpetrators > [*\[Section 13A Inserted by No. 6 of 2017, s. 8, Applied:28 Apr 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-04-28/act-2017-006#GS8@EN) > > > (1)  [*\[Section 13A Subsection (1) amended by No. 50 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:12 Dec 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-12-12/act-2017-050#GS4@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 13A Subsection (1) amended by No. 50 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:12 Dec 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-12-12/act-2017-050#GS4@Hpa@EN) If a person pleads guilty to an offence, or is found guilty of an offence, and the court or judge is satisfied that the offence was a family violence offence, the court or judge is to direct that the offence be recorded on the person's criminal record as a family violence offence. > > > (1A)  [*\[Section 13A Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 21 of 2022, s. 7, Applied:30 Jun 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-06-30/act-2022-021#GS7@EN) If a person is declared to be a serial family violence perpetrator, the court or judge that declares the person to be a serial family violence perpetrator is to direct that the declaration be recorded on the person's criminal record. > > > (2)  [*\[Section 13A Subsection (2) amended by No. 50 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:12 Dec 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-12-12/act-2017-050#GS4@Hpe@EN) [*\[Section 13A Subsection (2) amended by No. 50 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:12 Dec 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-12-12/act-2017-050#GS4@Hpd@EN) [*\[Section 13A Subsection (2) amended by No. 50 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:12 Dec 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-12-12/act-2017-050#GS4@Hpc@EN) A court or judge that directs a recording to be made under this section may, on application or on its, his or her own motion, direct that the record be corrected if the court or judge considers that there is an error in the record. > > > (3)  [*\[Section 13A Subsection (3) amended by No. 50 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:12 Dec 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-12-12/act-2017-050#GS4@Hpf@EN) A record, or a correction of a record, under this section is to be made in the manner, and within the time, determined by the court or judge. > > > (4)  In this section – > > > > > ***criminal record*** means a record, containing information about the outcome of criminal proceedings, kept by – > > > > > > > > (a) a court of this State; or > > > > > > > > > (b) a Government department or State authority within the meaning of the [State Service Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-085) ; or > > > > > > > > > (c) a council.