Family Violence Protection Regulations 2018

For the purposes of section 158(3) of the Act, in the case of an oral direction under section 158(2)(a) of the Act, the following particulars are prescribed—

if the police officer issuing the direction is not in uniform, the police officer's name and rank;

a statement that it is an offence to fail to comply with a lawful direction.

For the purposes of section 158(3) of the Act, in the case of a written notice under section 158(2)(b) of the Act, the following particulars are prescribed—

the name of the person who is given the direction;

the address (if known) of the person who is given the direction;

the date of birth (if known) of the person who is given the direction;

the name, rank and station of the police officer issuing the direction;

a statement that the direction is issued under section 158(2)(b) of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008;

the date and time at which the direction is given;

the place at which the firearm, firearms authority, ammunition or weapon is to be surrendered;

a statement that the firearm, firearms authority, ammunition or weapon must be surrendered by the specified time (if any) or otherwise within 48 hours of the direction being given to the person;

a description of the firearm, firearms authority, ammunition or weapon to be surrendered (if known), including identifiers such as the model and serial number;

a statement that it is an offence under section 158(4) of the Act to fail to comply with the direction punishable by a maximum of—

in the case of a failure to surrender a firearm, 60 penalty units; and

in the case of a failure to surrender a firearms authority, ammunition or a weapon, 30 penalty units.