Queensland Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 No. 5 - SECT 101

A police officer may issue a notice (a police protection notice) against a person (the respondent) if the police officer—

(a) is present at the same location as the respondent; and

(b) reasonably believes the respondent has committed domestic violence; and

(c) reasonably believes that no domestic violence order has been made, or police protection notice issued, that—

(i) names the respondent as a respondent and another person involved in the domestic violence mentioned in paragraph (b) as the aggrieved; or

(ii) names the respondent as an aggrieved and another person involved in the domestic violence mentioned in paragraph (b) as the respondent; and

(d) reasonably believes that a police protection notice is necessary or desirable to protect the aggrieved from domestic violence; and

(e) reasonably believes the respondent should not be taken into custody under division 3; and

(f) has obtained approval under section 102 to issue the notice.