FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 127 Object of Part

FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 127

The object of this Part is—

S. 127(a) amended by No. 83/2012 s. 14.

        (a)     to provide for a relevant court to make orders to assess the eligibility of certain respondents for counselling; and

        (b)     if appropriate, to require a respondent to attend counselling for the purpose of—

              (i)     increasing the respondent's accountability for the violence the respondent has used against a family member; and

              (ii)     encouraging the respondent to change the respondent's behaviour.

S. 128 amended by No. 83/2012 s. 15, substituted by No. 33/2018 s. 27.