Queensland Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 - SECT 124

124 Release of person from custody

(1) When a person taken into custody under section 116 is released from custody, a police officer must—

(a) in relation to the application for the protection order prepared under section 118 (1) —serve a copy of the application on the person in compliance with section 34 ; and

(b) if a domestic violence order is made by a court under part 3 , division 1 or 2 —serve a copy of the order on the person in compliance with section 184 ; and

(c) if a temporary protection order is made by a magistrate under section 131 —serve a copy of the order on the person in compliance with section 133 (1) (a) ; and

(d) if a police protection notice is issued under section 101A —personally serve the notice on the person and explain the notice to the person in compliance with sections 109 and 110 ; and

(e) if release conditions are imposed under section 125 —personally serve a copy of the release conditions on the person.

(2) However, subsection (1) and sections 101A , 118 and 125 do not apply if—

(a) the person is named as a respondent in a domestic violence order made, or police protection notice issued, before the person was taken into custody; and

(b) the person named as the aggrieved in the order or notice is also another person involved in the domestic violence for which the person was taken into custody.