The minister mentioned that there is a two-year coming-into-force provision attached to the coercive control offence. That is specifically to facilitate the training being developed right now at the FPT level. It's very targeted training to deal with some of the concerns we heard during a 2023 stakeholder engagement process on the potential unintended, negative impacts of a coercive control offence, one of them being weaponization against the victim of the offence.
For the offence itself, there are some critical provisions that assist in avoiding or minimizing the possibility of that occurring. These will form a central part of the training being developed, and that will be rolled out before the coercive control offence comes into force. That's consistent with the knowledge we've gleaned from other jurisdictions that have implemented coercive control offences. Success is largely dependent on effective training.
