Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act 1992 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act 1992

No. 34 of 1992

An Act to amend the Domestic Violence Act 1986

[Notified in ACT Gazette S103: 8 July 1992]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act 1992.

Principal Act

2.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Domestic Violence Act 1986.1

Interpretation

3.  Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definition:

“‘approved crisis support organisation’ means an organisation approved under section 33;”.

Insertion

4.  After section 32 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:

Approval of crisis support organisations

“33.  (1)  The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, approve an organisation to be a crisis support organisation for the purposes of this Act.

“(2)  A notice under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.

Disclosure of information to an approved crisis support organisation

“34.  Where a police officer or a staff member of the Australian Federal Police suspects on reasonable grounds that a domestic violence offence has been, is being or is likely to be committed in relation to a person, a police officer or staff member may disclose to an approved crisis support organisation any information that is likely to aid the organisation in rendering assistance to the person or to any children of the person.”.

NOTE

1. Reprinted as at 3 October 1991.  See also Act No. 9, 1992.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 18 June 1992]

© Australian Capital Territory 1992