Women’s Charter 1961 · s 59D

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—(1) If a person (Z) knows or has reason to suspect that another person has experienced, is experiencing or is at risk of family violence, Z may make a family violence notification to any of the following persons:(a)a protector;(b)a police officer;(c)a person authorised by the Director‑General to receive the notification;(d)a person falling within a prescribed class of persons.(2) A family violence notification may describe the facts and circumstances on which Z’s knowledge or suspicion is based.(3) A person who makes a family violence notification —(a)is not, by virtue of doing so, to be regarded in any proceedings before any court of law or tribunal or in any other respect —(i)to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or(ii)to have departed from any accepted form of professional conduct; and(b)to the extent the person has acted in good faith and with reasonable care, incurs no civil or criminal liability in relation to the notification or the provision of any information contained in the notification.(4) A person appearing as a witness in any proceedings in any court of law or tribunal or before a person authorised by law to hear evidence must not be compelled —(a)to disclose the identity of a person who has made a family violence notification, or any information likely to lead to the disclosure of the person’s identity; or(b)to produce any report or document, or any part of a report or document, that is likely to identify, a person who has made a family violence notification.
If a person (Z) knows or has reason to suspect that another person has experienced, is experiencing or is at risk of family violence, Z may make a family violence notification to any of the following persons:(a)a protector;(b)a police officer;(c)a person authorised by the Director‑General to receive the notification;(d)a person falling within a prescribed class of persons.
A family violence notification may describe the facts and circumstances on which Z’s knowledge or suspicion is based.
A person who makes a family violence notification —(a)is not, by virtue of doing so, to be regarded in any proceedings before any court of law or tribunal or in any other respect —(i)to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or(ii)to have departed from any accepted form of professional conduct; and(b)to the extent the person has acted in good faith and with reasonable care, incurs no civil or criminal liability in relation to the notification or the provision of any information contained in the notification.
A person appearing as a witness in any proceedings in any court of law or tribunal or before a person authorised by law to hear evidence must not be compelled —(a)to disclose the identity of a person who has made a family violence notification, or any information likely to lead to the disclosure of the person’s identity; or(b)to produce any report or document, or any part of a report or document, that is likely to identify, a person who has made a family violence notification.

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s 59DFamily violence notifications to protectors, etc.

(1)

If a person (Z) knows or has reason to suspect that another person has experienced, is experiencing or is at risk of family violence, Z may make a family violence notification to any of the following persons:

(a)

a protector;

(b)

a police officer;

(c)

a person authorised by the Director‑General to receive the notification;

(d)

a person falling within a prescribed class of persons.

(2)

A family violence notification may describe the facts and circumstances on which Z’s knowledge or suspicion is based.

(3)

A person who makes a family violence notification —

(a)

is not, by virtue of doing so, to be regarded in any proceedings before any court of law or tribunal or in any other respect —

(i)

to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or

(ii)

to have departed from any accepted form of professional conduct; and

(b)

to the extent the person has acted in good faith and with reasonable care, incurs no civil or criminal liability in relation to the notification or the provision of any information contained in the notification.

(4)

A person appearing as a witness in any proceedings in any court of law or tribunal or before a person authorised by law to hear evidence must not be compelled —

(a)

to disclose the identity of a person who has made a family violence notification, or any information likely to lead to the disclosure of the person’s identity; or

(b)

to produce any report or document, or any part of a report or document, that is likely to identify, a person who has made a family violence notification.