Queensland Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2016 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Acts amended

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003

1 Section 44(6), example 1, from ‘Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989’—

omit, insert—

Example—

Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 or an interstate order or registered New Zealand order under part 6 of that Act.

Corrective Services Act 2006

1 Section 320(2)(d)(i), example, ‘Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989’—

omit, insert—

Example—

Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012

Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990

1 Section 35(3) definition offence, ‘Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989’—

omit, insert—
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012

Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012

1 Section 6(c), ‘an offence involving domestic violence’—

omit, insert—
a domestic violence offence

2 Section 26(b), ‘an offence involving domestic violence’—

omit, insert—
a domestic violence offence

3 Section 28, note, ‘(Conditions of domestic violence orders)’—

omit, insert—

Example—

for provisions about the other conditions a court can impose on the respondent

4 Section 34(3)—

insert—

Note—

Section 153 provides that a police officer may file a document in a proceeding under this Act by electronic or computer-based means.

5 Section 42(1), ‘an offence involving domestic violence’—

omit, insert—
a domestic violence offence

6 Section 63(1), notes, from ‘See sections 139’—

omit, insert—

Example—

Sections 139 and 140 allow particular applications made under the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 to be made to a Magistrates Court, or removed to a Magistrates Court, if an application for a protection order or a variation of a domestic violence order has been made to the court.

7 Section 70, heading, ‘Voluntary intervention’—

omit, insert—
Intervention

8 Section 70, ‘a voluntary’—

omit, insert—
an

9 Section 70(b), notes—

omit, insert—

Note—

Under sections 37(2)(a)(ii) and 91(3)(a), a contravention of an intervention order is relevant to the making or a protection order and the variation of a domestic violence order.

10 Section 71, heading, ‘voluntary’—

omit.

11 Section 71, ‘a voluntary’—

omit, insert—
an

12 Section 72(1), ‘a voluntary’—

omit, insert—
an

13 Section 73, heading, ‘voluntary’—

omit.

14 Section 73(1), ‘a voluntary’—

omit, insert—
an

15 Section 73(1)(a) and (3)(b), ‘voluntary’—

omit.

16 Part 3, division 8, heading, note—

omit, insert—

Note—

See the Weapons Act, sections 27A, 28A, 29A, 29B and 34AA which provide for the impact on a person’s weapons licence, including the suspension or revocation of the licence, if the person is named as the respondent in a domestic violence order, police protection notice or release conditions.

17 Section 86(3), after ‘for example’—

insert—
, the following

18 Section 88(4)—

insert—

Note—

Section 153 provides that a police officer may file a document in a proceeding under this Act by electronic or computer-based means.

19 Section 116, note—

omit, insert—

Note—

The Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 615 provides that it is lawful for a police officer exercising or attempting to exercise a power under an Act to use reasonably necessary force to exercise the power.

20 Section 117, note, ‘(Particular safeguards for detention of child)’

omit, insert—

Example—

for safeguards that apply if a person taken into custody under section 116 is a child

21 Section 119(1)(a)(i), ‘section 124(b)’—

omit, insert—
section 124(1)(b)

22 Section 119(1)(b), ‘section 124(d)’—

omit, insert—
section 124(1)(d) or (e)

23 Section 119(1)(c), ‘section 124(c)’—

omit, insert—
section 124(1)(c)

24 Section 132(1)—

insert—

Note—

Section 153 provides that a police officer may file a document in a proceeding under this Act by electronic or computer-based means.

25 Section 137(4), ‘an offence involving domestic violence’—

omit, insert—
a domestic violence offence

26 Section 139(1), ‘the’—

omit, insert—
a

27 Section 152, editor’s note—

omit, insert—

Note—

The Evidence Act 1977 , section 21A allows a court to make orders or directions that apply when a special witness is giving evidence.

28 Section 177(7)—

omit.

29 Section 186, heading, ‘voluntary’—

omit.

30 Section 186(1) and (5), ‘a voluntary’—

omit, insert—
an

31 Section 186(2), ‘voluntary’—

omit.

32 Section 189(2)(d), ‘a voluntary’—

omit, insert—
an

33 Section 189(3)(d), after ‘section’—

omit, insert—
101A or

Explosives Act 1999

1 Schedule 2, definition domestic violence order, from ‘Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989’—

omit, insert—
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 , and includes an interstate order or registered New Zealand order under part 6 of that Act.

Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

1 Section 378(1)(b), example 4, after ‘domestic violence order’—

insert—

Example—

, police protection notice or release conditions

2 Section 604(2), example 3, after ‘domestic violence order’—

insert—

Example—

, police protection notice or release conditions

3 Schedule 1, entry for Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989—

omit, insert—
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012

4 Schedule 4, entry for Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 1989—

omit.

Tow Truck Act 1973

1 Section 4C(1)(h), ‘or an interstate order’—

omit, insert—
, an interstate order or registered New Zealand order