Victorian Numbered Acts

FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION AMENDMENT (INFORMATION SHARING) ACT 2017 (NO. 23 OF 2017) - SECT 1

The main purpose of this Act is to amend—

        (a)     the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 —

              (i)     to establish an information sharing scheme designed to enable specified entities to share family violence information in a timely and effective manner such that it prevents or reduces family violence; and

              (ii)     to provide for a framework for achieving consistency in family violence risk assessment and family violence risk management; and

        (b)     to make consequential and miscellaneous amendments to other Acts.