Northern Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE) ACT 2023 (NO 33 OF 2023)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   PART 1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007

   3.      Act amended  
   4.      Preamble replaced  
   5.      Section 3 amended (Objects of Act and their achievement)  
   6.      Section 4 amended (Definitions)  
   7.      Section 5 replaced  
   8.      Section 8 replaced  
   9.      Section 9 amended (Domestic relationship)  
   10.     Section 10 amended (Family relationship)  
   11.     Section 11 amended (Intimate personal relationship)  
   12.     Section 13 amended (Protected person)  
   13.     Section 14 replaced  
   14.     Respondent  
   15.     Section 19 amended (Matters to be considered in making DVO)  
   16.     Section 20A inserted  
   17.     Section 21 amended (What DVO may provide)  
   18.     Section 22 replaced  
   19.     Section 23 amended (Order regarding tenancy agreement)  
   20.     Section 26 amended (Prohibition on publication of personal details)  
   21.     Section 27 replaced  
   22.     Parts 2.4 to 2.10 replaced  
   23.     Section 85 amended (Retrieval of defendant's personal property)  
   24.     Section 85AA inserted  
   25.     Section 89 amended (Explanation of court DVO)  
   26.     Section 103W amended (Decision about hearing an application)  
   27.     Section 110 amended (How evidence of vulnerable witness given)  
   28.     Sections 121 and 122 replaced  
   29.     Section 123 amended (Publication of names and identifying information about children)  
   30.     Section 124 amended (Publication of personal details)  
   31.     Section 124B amended (Definitions)  
   32.     Sections 124DA and 124DB inserted  
   33.     Section 124E amended (Sharing information for assessing or preventing domestic violence threat)  
   34.     Section 124L amended (Unauthorised disclosure of confidential information)  
   35.     Section 124T amended (Interaction with other laws)  
   36.     Section 126 amended (Approved forms)  
   37.     Part 7.7 inserted  
   38.     Act further amended  

   PART 3--AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1982

   39.     Act amended  
   40.     Section 3 amended (Interpretation)  
   41.     Section 24 amended (Criteria to be considered in bail applications)  
   42.     Section 24B inserted  
   43.     Section 28 amended (Imposition of bail conditions)  
   44.     Part 9, Division 8 inserted  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE

   45.     Code amended  
   46.     Section 188 amended (Common assault)  
   47.     Section 341 amended (Separate trials where 2 or more charges against the same person)  
   48.     Section 341B inserted  
   49.     Part XI, Division 20 inserted  

   PART 5--AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE ACT 1939

   50.     Act amended  
   51.     Section 21GA inserted  
   52.     Section 21J amended (Requirements for recorded statement)  
   53.     Part 10, Division 5 inserted  

   PART 6--AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) ACT 2011

   54.     Act amended  
   55.     Section 19 amended (Compellability of spouses and others in certain criminal proceedings)  
   56.     Chapter 11 inserted  

   PART 7--AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING ACT 1995

   57.     Act amended  
   58.     Section 3 amended (Interpretation)  
   59.     Section 6A amended (Aggravating factors)  
   60.     Section 52 replaced  
   61.     Section 106B amended (Victim impact statements and victim reports)  
   62.     Part 12, Division 13 inserted  

   PART 8--AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2022

   63.     Act amended  
   64.     Part 3 repealed  

   PART 9--AMENDMENT OF DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE REGULATIONS 2008

   65.     Regulations amended  
   66.     Regulation 3B repealed (Information sharing entities)  
   67.     Regulations further amended  

   PART 10--CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

   68.     Consequential amendments  

   PART 11--REPEAL OF ACT

   69.     Repeal of Act  
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