Domestic Violence Agencies Act 1986

The council has the following functions:

advising the Minister on the Territory’s response to domestic violence and family violence, including ways to continually improve the Territory’s response;

identifying gaps and opportunities for the Territory to make the improvements mentioned in paragraph (a);

facilitating the exchange of information and collaboration and integration between the public service, police, the courts and community-based organisations providing services in relation to domestic violence and family violence.

In exercising its functions, the council may—

allow a person who is not a member of the council to participate in a meeting of the council for the purpose of providing expert information or opinion to members; or

establish an expert reference group to assist the council in the exercise of its functions.

Subsection (2) does not limit anything else that the council may do in exercising its functions under this Act.