DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 (NO 34 OF 2007) - SECT 3 Objects of Act and their achievement

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 (NO 34 OF 2007) - SECT 3

    (1)     The objects of this Act are:

    (a)     to ensure the safety and protection of all persons, including children, who experience or are exposed to domestic violence; and

    (b)     to ensure people who commit domestic violence accept responsibility for their conduct; and

    (c)     to reduce and prevent domestic violence.

    (2)     The objects are to be achieved by providing for the following:

    (a)     the making of domestic violence orders to protect people from domestic violence and to encourage the people committing it to change their behaviour;

    (b)     the registration of orders made in other jurisdictions;

    (c)     the enforcement of those orders.