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Table of provisions
5 Domestic violence
5A Emotional or psychological abuse
5B Coercive
control
8 Economic
abuse
14 Respondent
20A Mandatory
prohibition
22 Premises
exclusion
order
27 Duration
of court DVO
Part
2.4 Police
DVO
Division 1 Making of police DVO
28 When authorised police officer may make DVO
29 Matters to be recorded on police DVO
30 What police officer must do after police DVO is made
31 Police DVO taken to be summons to appear before Court
32 Criminal history and report of respondent
33 Report of protected person
34 Duration of police DVO
Division 2 Review of police DVO
35 Application for review
36 How application is made
37 Deciding application
38 Action of police officer if police DVO confirmed with variation
39 Action of police officer if police DVO confirmed without variation
40 Action of Court if police DVO confirmed with variation
41 Action of police officer if police DVO revoked
42 Explanation of police DVO
43 Order taken to be summons to appear before Court
Division 3 Confirmation of police DVO
44 Application of Division
45 Place of hearing
46 Parties to hearing
47 Considerations at hearing
48 Decision at hearing
49 Respondent failing to appear at hearing
50 Notice of order
Part 2.5 Court DVO
Division 1 Power to make court DVO
51 Court DVO
Division 2 Application process
52 Who may apply for court DVO
53 When application must be made for child
54 How application is made
55 Place of hearing
Division 3 Hearing process and decision
56 Dismissal if application likely to be contrary to objects of Act
57 Criminal history and report of respondent
58 Report of protected person
59 Court may decide application in absence of respondent
60 When registrar must not decide application
61 Referral of application to Court
62 Court may refuse to hear application or order stay of proceeding
63 Notice of court DVO
Division 4 Protection during hearing process
64 Interim court DVO
Division 5 Court DVO made on consent of parties
65 When DVO may be made on consent
66 Referral of application to Court
67 No service of documents
68 Notice of court DVO on consent
Part 2.6 Variation and revocation of court DVO
Division 1 Power to vary or revoke court DVO
69 Order to vary or revoke court DVO
Division 2 Application to vary or revoke
70 Who may apply for variation or revocation
71 Filing application
72 Notice of hearing of application
Division 3 Court hearings for variation and revocation
73 Right to be heard before decision is made
74 Interim variation of court DVO
75 What must be considered before making order
76 Notice of order
Division 4 Special provisions for variation and revocation without hearing
77 Application of Division
78 Deciding application
79 Referral of application to Court
80 Notice of order
81 Order taken to be summons to appear before Court
Division 5 Variation and revocation with consent of parties
82 Application of Division
82A When order may be made
82B Referral of application to Court
82C Notice of order
Part 2.7 Finalising court DVO on summons
82D Application of Part
82E Parties to hearing
82F Decision at hearing
82G Notice of order
Part 2.8 Extension of court DVO
82H When Court may extend court DVO
82J Application to extend duration of court DVO
82K How application is made
82L Notice of hearing of application
82M What must be considered before extending court DVO
82N Decision of extension
82P Interim extension of court DVO
82Q Notice of order
Part 2.9 Variation of court DVO or police DVO in urgent circumstances
82R DVOs to which Part applies
82S When application may be made
82T How application is made
82U Deciding application
82V What Court must do if application is refused
82W What Court must do if variation order is made
82X What police officer must do when variation order is made
82Y Order taken to be summons to appear before Court
Part 2.10 DVOs made by courts in criminal proceedings
83 Power
of court if person guilty of related
offence
85AA Retrieval
of protected person's personal
property
121 Penalties
for contravention of
DVO
124DA Approval
of information sharing entity
124DB Collection
of information
Part
7.7 Transitional
matters for Justice Legislation Amendment (Domestic and Family Violence) Act
2023
147 Definitions
148 Saving of DVOs
149 Application of sections 123, 124, 124A and 124L
150 Proceeding
already
started
24B Determining
domestic violence risk in bail
applications
Division
8 Justice Legislation
Amendment (Domestic and Family Violence) Act 2023
72 Application of amendments
341B Presumption
of joint trial of domestic violence
offences
Division
20 Justice Legislation
Amendment (Domestic and Family Violence) Act 2023
476 Definitions
477 Application of amendment to section 188
478 Application of presumption
21GA Expert
evidence for domestic violence
Division
5 Justice Legislation
Amendment (Domestic and Family Violence) Act 2023
73 Definitions
74 Application of section 21GA
75 Application of amendment to section 21J
Chapter 11 Transitional matters for Justice Legislation Amendment (Domestic and Family Violence) Act 2023
224 Definitions
225 Application of amendment to section 19
52 Aggregate
term of imprisonment
Division
13 Transitional
matters for Justice Legislation Amendment (Domestic and Family Violence)
Act 2023
151 Definitions
152 Application of amendment to section 6A
NORTHERN
TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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Act No. 33 of 2023
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[Assented to 6 December 2023]
[Introduced 25 October 2023]