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Family Violence Act 2016
110Police to give reasons for not applying for after-hours
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110 Police to give reasons for not applying for after-hours (1) This section applies if a police officer— (a) deals with an incident in which the police officer is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds, as set out in section 100, for making an after-hours order; and (b) decides not to apply for an after-hours order. (2) The police officer must make a record of the decision, including a brief note of the reasons for it.
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