Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 No. 5
Table of Reprints
Effective Date | Publication Date | Amendments Included | Notes |
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17 September 2012 | 2012 Act No. 5 | ||
23 September 2013 | 2013 Act No. 39 |
RA s 27 |
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01 July 2014 | 2014 Act No. 26 |
RA s 44 |
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28 February 2015 | 2013 Act No. 35 |
RA s 26 |
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22 October 2015 | 03 May 2016 | 2015 Act No. 17 | |
29 January 2016 | 10 May 2016 | 2015 Act No. 34 | |
30 May 2017 | 30 May 2017 | 2016 Act No. 51 | |
25 November 2017 | 17 November 2017 | 2016 Act No. 51 |
RA s 35 |
01 December 2017 | 07 August 2019 | 2017 Act No. 8 | |
26 February 2020 | 21 April 2021 | 2020 Act No. 7 | |
01 July 2021 | 30 June 2021 | 2020 Act No. 33 |
RA ss 26, 27, 44 |
30 April 2022 | 29 April 2022 | 2021 Act No. 23 | |
10 June 2022 | 13 June 2022 | 2022 Act No. 12 | |
12 September 2022 | 16 September 2022 | 2022 Act No. 12 | |
31 October 2022 | 02 November 2022 | 2022 Act No. 7 | |
01 August 2023 | 02 August 2023 | 2023 Act No. 1 | |
01 February 2024 | 31 January 2024 | 2023 Act No. 23 | |
18 March 2024 | 20 March 2024 | 2024 Act No. 5 | |
23 September 2024 | 24 September 2024 | 2024 Act No. 5 |
List of Legislation
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 No. 5
date of assent 17 February 2012
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 17 September 2012 (see s 2)
Note—The COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 and the Domestic and Family Violence Protection (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020 modified this legislation from 19 March 2020 until 29 April 2022. These modifications did not amend the text of this law. Accordingly, while point-in-time versions of this legislation in force between 19 March 2020 until 29 April 2022 do not contain textual amendments, the versions are affected by and must be read with the modifications that were in force at the relevant time.
Amending legislation
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 No. 5 ss 1–2, 230 sch 1 pt 1
date of assent 17 February 2012
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 17 September 2012 (see s 2)
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No. 35 ss 1, 2(b), pt 15
date of assent 29 August 2013
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 28 February 2015 (2014 SL No. 321)
Treasury and Trade and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No. 39 ss 1, 111 sch 4
date of assent 23 September 2013
commenced on date of assent
Public Guardian Act 2014 No. 26 ss 1–2(1), ch 8 pt 7
date of assent 28 May 2014
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2014 (see s 2 (1))
Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Act 2015 No. 17 s 1, pt 3
date of assent 22 October 2015
commenced on date of assent
Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Another Act Amendment Act 2015 No. 34
date of assent 17 December 2015
ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent
pt 2 commenced 29 January 2016 (2016 SL No. 4)
Domestic and Family Violence Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No. 51
date of assent 20 October 2016
pt 2, divs 1–2, ss 62–64, 65(2) (to the extent it ins the defs police protection notice and release conditions), (3), ss 66–71, 72(2) (to the extent it ins the def release conditions), 73 sch 1(entries for Corrective Services Act 2006, Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990, Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 and Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000) comm 30 May 2017 (2017 SL No. 48)
pt 2 div 3, ss 71(1), (2) (to the extent it ins defs interstate domestic violence order and police protection notice), 72(1), (2) (to the extent it ins defs interstate domestic violence order and police protection notice), 73 sch 1 (entries for Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003, Explosives Act 1999 and Tow Truck Act 1973) comm 25 November 2017 (2017 SL No. 184)
Victims of Crime Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No. 8
date of assent 30 March 2017
pt 2, ss 7, 9, 10, 101 sch 1 amdts of Bail Act 1980, Criminal Code, Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 and Justices Act 1886 comm 1 December 2017 (2017 SL No. 215)
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 No. 7
date of assent 26 February 2020
pt 5 comm on date of assent
Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020 No. 33
date of assent 14 September 2020
pt 13 div 5 comm 1 July 2021 (2021 SL No. 25 item 2)
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 No. 23
date of assent 24 November 2021
pt 3 comm 30 April 2022 (2022 SL No. 21)
Child Protection Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 7
date of assent 20 May 2022
s 132 sch 1 comm 31 October 2022 (see s 2 (d)–(e) and 2022 SL No. 149)
Evidence and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No. 12
date of assent 10 June 2022
sch 1 pt 1 comm on date of assent
pt 5, sch 1 pt 2 comm 12 September 2022 (2022 SL No. 110)
Domestic and Family Violence Protection (Combating Coercive Control) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 1
date of assent 28 February 2023
pt 4 comm 1 August 2023 (2023 SL No. 94)
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 23
date of assent 20 September 2023
s 247 sch 1 s 3 comm 1 February 2024 (2024 SL No. 1)
Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No. 32
date of assent 04 December 2023
s 141 sch 1 pt 2 not yet proclaimed into force (see s 2 (1))
Criminal Law (Coercive Control and Affirmative Consent) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No. 5
date of assent 18 March 2024
pt 4 divs 1–2 comm on date of assent
pt 4 div 3 comm 23 September 2024 (2024 SL No. 146 item 1)
pt 4 divs 4–7, s 102 sch 1 div 1 comm 26 May 2025 (2024 SL No. 146 item 3)
Queensland Community Safety Act 2024 No. 45
date of assent 30 August 2024
pt 3 div 3 not yet proclaimed into force (see s 2 (1) (e))
History notes
Long title amd 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 1
s 4 amd 2015 No. 34 s 4; 2023 No. 1 s 30
s 5 amd 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 1
s 6 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 8 amd 2023 No. 1 s 31
s 11 amd 2023 No. 1 s 32
s 12 amd 2023 No. 1 s 33
s 15 amd 2013 No. 39 s 111 sch 4; 2020 No. 33 s 130
s 22 amd 2016 No. 51 s 51
s 22A ins 2023 No. 1 s 34
s 26 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 27 amd 2021 No. 23 s 6; 2022 No. 12 s 52 sch 1 pt 1
s 28 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 30 amd 2016 No. 51 s 52
s 31 sub 2016 No. 51 s 53
s 32 amd 2021 No. 23 s 7
s 34 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1; 2021 No. 23 s 8
s 36 sub 2021 No. 23 s 9
s 36A ins 2023 No. 1 s 35
s 37 amd 2016 No. 51 s 4; 2023 No. 1 s 36; 2024 No. 5 s 27
pt 3 div 1A hdg ins 2015 No. 34 s 5
s 41 sub 2015 No. 34 s 5
s 41A ins 2015 No. 34 s 5
s 41B ins 2015 No. 34 s 5
s 41C ins 2015 No. 34 s 5
amd 2023 No. 1 s 37
s 41D ins 2015 No. 34 s 5
amd 2023 No. 1 s 38
s 41E ins 2015 No. 34 s 5
s 41F ins 2015 No. 34 s 5
s 41G ins 2023 No. 1 s 39
pt 3 div 1B hdg ins 2015 No. 34 s 5
s 42 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1; 2023 No. 1 s 40
s 43 amd 2023 No. 1 s 41
s 44 amd 2016 No. 51 s 5; 2021 No. 23 s 10
s 45 amd 2021 No. 23 s 11; 2023 No. 1 s 42
s 47A ins 2021 No. 23 s 12
s 47B ins 2024 No. 5 s 29
s 48 sub 2013 No. 35 s 66
amd 2015 No. 34 s 6
s 49 sub 2015 No. 34 s 7
s 51 amd 2023 No. 1 s 43
s 56 amd 2016 No. 51 s 6
s 57 amd 2015 No. 34 s 8; 2016 No. 51 s 7
s 62 amd 2015 No. 34 s 9
s 63 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch
s 64 amd 2015 No. 34 s 10
s 69 amd 2016 No. 51 s 9
s 70 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 71 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 72 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 73 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 76 om 2016 No. 51 s 10
s 78 amd 2016 No. 51 s 11
s 83 amd 2016 No. 51 s 12
s 84 amd 2016 No. 51 s 13
s 85 amd 2016 No. 51 s 14
s 86 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1; 2021 No. 23 s 13
s 88 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1; 2021 No. 23 s 14
s 90 sub 2021 No. 23 s 15
s 90A ins 2023 No. 1 s 44
s 91 amd 2016 No. 51 s 15; 2023 No. 1 s 45
s 92 amd 2016 No. 51 s 16
s 97 sub 2016 No. 51 s 17
s 100 amd 2016 No. 51 s 18
s 101 sub 2016 No. 51 s 19
amd 2016 No. 51 s 54
s 101A ins 2016 No. 51 s 19
s 101B ins 2016 No. 51 s 19
s 102 amd 2016 No. 51 s 20
s 103 amd 2016 No. 51 s 21
s 104 amd 2016 No. 51 s 22
s 105 amd 2016 No. 51 s 23
s 106 sub 2016 No. 51 s 24
s 106A ins 2016 No. 51 s 24
s 107 amd 2016 No. 51 s 25
s 107A ins 2016 No. 51 s 26
s 107B ins 2016 No. 51 s 26
s 107C ins 2016 No. 51 s 26
s 107D ins 2016 No. 51 s 26
s 108 amd 2016 No. 51 s 27
s 109 sub 2016 No. 51 s 28
s 109A ins 2016 No. 51 s 28
s 110 amd 2016 No. 51 ss 29, 55
s 111 amd 2016 No. 51 s 30
s 112 amd 2016 No. 51 s 31
s 113 sub 2016 No. 51 s 32
amd 2023 No. 1 s 46; 2024 No. 5 s 30
s 116 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 117 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 119 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 124 amd 2016 No. 51 s 33
s 125 sub 2016 No. 51 s 34
s 127 amd 2016 No. 51 s 35
s 128 amd 2016 No. 51 s 36
s 129 amd 2016 No. 51 s 37
s 130 amd 2016 No. 51 s 38
s 132 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 134 sub 2016 No. 51 s 40
s 134A ins 2016 No. 51 s 40
amd 2020 No. 7 s 16
s 134B ins 2016 No. 51 s 40
s 134C ins 2016 No. 51 s 40
s 134D ins 2016 No. 51 s 40
s 134E ins 2016 No. 51 s 40
s 134F ins 2016 No. 51 s 40
s 137 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 139 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 142 sub 2013 No. 35 s 67
s 142A ins 2021 No. 23 s 16
s 145 amd 2017 No. 8 s 101 sch 1
s 150 amd 2023 No. 1 s 47
s 151 amd 2023 No. 1 s 48
s 152 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 153 amd 2016 No. 51 s 42
s 154 amd 2017 No. 8 s 101 sch 1; 2021 No. 23 s 17
s 157 amd 2023 No. 1 s 49
s 157A ins 2023 No. 1 s 50
s 157B ins 2023 No. 1 s 50
s 157C ins 2023 No. 1 s 50
s 160 amd 2016 No. 51 s 43
s 160A ins 2023 No. 1 s 51
s 162 amd 2016 No. 51 s 56
s 163 amd 2014 No. 26 s 232
s 164 amd 2015 No. 34 s 11
s 165 amd 2015 No. 34 s 12
s 166 amd 2015 No. 34 s 13
pt 5A hdg ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169A ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169B ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169C ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169D ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169E ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169F ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169G ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169H ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
amd 2020 No. 7 s 17
s 169I ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169J ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
amd 2022 No. 12 s 31; 2022 No. 7 s 132 sch 1
s 169K ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169L ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169M ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169N ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
s 169O ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
amd 2022 No. 12 s 52 sch 1 pt 2; 2022 No. 7 s 132 sch 1
pt 6 hdg sub 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 170 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 171 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 172 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 173 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 174 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 175 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176A ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176B ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176C ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176D ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176E ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176F ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176G ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176H ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176I ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176J ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176K ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176L ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176M ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176N ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176O ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176P ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176Q ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176R ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176S ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176T ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 176U ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
s 177 amd 2015 No. 17 s 7; 2016 No. 51 ss 58, 73 sch 1
s 178 sub 2016 No. 51 s 45
s 179 amd 2016 No. 51 s 46
s 181 sub 2015 No. 17 s 8
s 182 amd 2015 No. 17 s 9
pt 8 div 1 note om 2013 No. 35 s 68
s 184 amd 2016 No. 51 s 47; 2023 No. 1 s 52
s 184A ins 2023 No. 1 s 53
s 186 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 189 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1
s 189A ins 2023 No. 1 s 54
s 189B ins 2023 No. 1 s 54
s 192 amd 2016 No. 51 s 48
pt 10 div 1 hdg ins 2015 No. 34 s 14
s 195 amd 2015 No. 34 s 15
s 208 amd 2015 No. 34 s 16
pt 10 div 2 hdg ins 2015 No. 34 s 17
s 215 ins 2015 No. 34 s 17
s 216 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49
amd 2016 No. 51 s 59
s 217 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49
s 218 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49
s 219 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49
s 220 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49
s 221 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49
s 222 ins 2016 No. 51 s 49
s 223 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60
s 224 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60
s 225 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60
s 226 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60
s 227 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60
s 228 ins 2016 No. 51 s 60
s 229 ins 2021 No. 23 s 18
s 230 ins 2021 No. 23 s 18
s 231 ins 2021 No. 23 s 18
s 232 ins 2021 No. 23 s 18
s 233 ins 2023 No. 1 s 55
s 234 ins 2023 No. 1 s 55
s 235 ins 2023 No. 1 s 55
s 236 ins 2023 No. 1 s 55
s 237 ins 2024 No. 5 s 28
s 238 ins 2024 No. 5 s 31
s 239 ins 2024 No. 5 s 31
sch def adult guardian om 2014 No. 26 s 233 (1)
sch def cool-down condition ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)
sch def corresponding law ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def criminal history ins 2023 No. 1 s 56
sch def domestic violence history ins 2023 No. 1 s 56
sch def domestic violence offence ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)
sch def DVO ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def family law order sub 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)–(2)
sch def final order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def information ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)
sch def interim order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def interstate law enforcement agency ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def interstate order sub 2016 No. 51 s 61 (1)–(2)
sch def intervention order ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)
sch def issuing authority ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def local Magistrates Court sub 2015 No. 34 s 18 (1)–(2)
sch def local order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def make ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def named person sub 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)–(2)
sch def New Zealand order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def no-contact condition ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)
sch def offence involving domestic violence om 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)
sch def ouster condition sub 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)–(2)
sch def participating jurisdiction ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def person most in need of protection ins 2023 No. 1 s 56
sch def police commissioner om 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 s 3
sch def police prosecutor ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)
sch def police protection notice amd 2016 No. 51 s 50 (3)
sch def prescribed entity ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)
sch def properly notified ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def protected person ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def public guardian ins 2014 No. 26 s 233 (2)
sch def recognised interstate order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def registered foreign order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def registered interstate order om 2016 No. 51 s 61 (1)
sch def registered New Zealand order ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def release conditions ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)
sch def respondent sub 2016 No. 51 s 61 (1)–(2)
sch def return condition sub 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)–(2)
sch def revoke ins 2016 No. 51 s 61 (2)
sch def specialist DFV service provider ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)
sch def substituted service order ins 2023 No. 1 s 56
sch def support service provider ins 2016 No. 51 s 50 (2)
sch def variation amd 2016 No. 51 s 61 (3)
sub 2016 No. 51 s 61 (1)–(2)
sch def variation declaration ins 2021 No. 23 s 19
sch def varied order amd 2016 No. 51 s 50 (4)
sch def verification declaration ins 2021 No. 23 s 19
sch def voluntary intervention order om 2016 No. 51 s 50 (1)
sch (prev sch 2) unnum 2012 No. 5 s 230 sch 1 pt 1
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
Government Bill | |
Introduced: 06 September 2011 | Bill (Introduction) Bill (Introduction) Explanatory Note Explanatory Note |
3rd Reading: 16 February 2012 | Bill (3rd Reading) Bill (3rd Reading) Explanatory Note Explanatory Note |
Assent: 17 February 2012 | Act 2012, No. 5 Act 2012, No. 5 |