Domestic Violence Agencies Act 1986

This section applies if the DFVR coordinator believes on reasonable grounds that a person can give information or produce a document or other thing that the coordinator considers necessary to exercise their functions.

The DFVR coordinator may, by written notice given to the person, require the person to give the information in writing or produce the document or other thing.

However, the DFVR coordinator must not give a notice—

to a family member of a person who has died or is seriously harmed in a domestic or family violence incident; or

in relation to a domestic or family violence incident resulting in serious harm to a person without the consent of the harmed person.

The notice must state how, and the time within which, the person must comply with the requirement.

A person commits an offence if—

the person is required by a notice under this section to give information or produce a document or other thing; and

the person fails to give the information or produce the document or other thing.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

Note 1 The Legislation Act, s 170 and s 171 deal with the application of the privilege against self-incrimination and client legal privilege.

Note 2 Giving false information is an offence against the Criminal Code, s 338.

Subsection (5) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse for failing to give the information or produce the document or other thing to the DFVR coordinator as required.