Question On Notice No. 1973 asked in the Legislative Council on 13 March 2019 by Hon Alison Xamon
Question Directed to the: Leader of the House representing the Attorney General
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I
refer to changes made to restraining orders legislation with the passage of the
Restraining Orders and Related Legislation Amendment (Family Violence) Act 2016,
and I ask:
(a) how
many behaviour change orders have been made by Western Australian courts;
(b) how
many behaviour change orders have resulted in an offender successfully
completing a behaviour change program;
(c) is
the Attorney General aware of how many eligibility assessment orders or
behaviour change orders have not been made because there is no behaviour change
programmes that is reasonably practicable for the respondent to attend;
(d) if
yes to (c), how many;
(e) if
no to (c), why not;
(f) how
many approved behaviour change programmes are currently provided in Western
Australia;
(g) where
are these programmes located; and
(h) how
many perpetrators can access each program at any one time?
Answered on 10 April 2019
(a) Nil. No ‘behaviour management orders’ have been made under the Restraining Orders Act 1997 (WA) (RO Act) because no courts have been prescribed in regulations for the purposes of making an order under Part 1C of the RO Act.
(b) - (e) Not applicable.
(f) Nil. No ‘behaviour change programmes’ have been approved under Part 1C of the RO Act.
(g) - (h) Not applicable.