Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Minister may
approve, in writing, any person (an eligibility assessor ) who the Minister
considers has appropriate experience and qualifications to conduct eligibility
assessment interviews and prepare eligibility assessment reports.
(2) The Minister may
approve, in writing, a programme (a behaviour change programme ) that the
Minister considers appropriate to —
(a)
facilitate the acceptance by a respondent of responsibility for the
respondent’s family violence and the effect it has on others; and
(b)
encourage the respondent to stop committing further family violence; and
(c) deal
with any other issues relating to the perpetrators of family violence.
(3) For the purposes
of subsection (2), the Minister is to specify the person or body providing a
behaviour change programme (a behaviour change programme provider ).
(4) The Minister must
make available to a court if asked —
(a) a
list of the persons approved under subsection (1) and their contact details;
and
(b) a
list of the behaviour change programmes approved under subsection (2); and
(c) the
contact details of the behaviour change programme providers under subsection
(3).
[Section 10P inserted: No. 49 of 2016 s. 14.]