(1) A victim of domestic violence or a person with information about domestic violence may file a complaint about the domestic violence with the police.

(2) A child may be assisted by a next friend to file a complaint on domestic violence.

(3) Despite subsection (1) a social worker, probation officer or health care provider shall file a complaint about domestic violence where the intervention is in the interest of the victim.

(4) A member of the victim's family may file a complaint on behalf of the victim where the victim is for any reason unable to file a complaint personally.

(5) A deceased person's personal representative or a member of the deceased's family or another person competent to represent the deceased may file a complaint where a person who could have been a complainant under this Act has died.

(6) A complaint about domestic violence shall be filed with the police at the place where

(a) the offender resides,

(b) the victim resides,

(c) the domestic violence occurred or is occurring, or

(d) the victim is residing temporarily, where the victim has left his or her usual place of abode