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Gangs Act 2024

Dispersal notices and non-consorting orders - Dispersal notices - Duration and terms of notice

17: Limits on dispersal notices

You could also call this:

“Rules about when people can still be together even if told to separate”

A dispersal notice can’t stop people from being together in a public place if they’re part of the same close family. The notice also can’t prevent people from being together if they have to be because of legal reasons, like being in jail, serving a sentence, going to court, or following a court order. The same goes for rules set by other laws. The notice also doesn’t apply when people need to be together for work, school, or getting medical care.

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Part 3 Dispersal notices and non-consorting orders
Dispersal notices: Duration and terms of notice

17Limits on dispersal notices

  1. A dispersal notice may not prevent any of the persons subject to the notice from associating in a public place if they are—

  2. members of the same immediate family; or
    1. doing so—
      1. because they are in legal custody, serving a sentence, appearing in court, subject to a court order, or subject to an order or conditions imposed by or under legislation; or
        1. for work, education, or health care purposes.