CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 41AA Measures to protect young persons in proceedings

CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 41AA

41AA Measures to protect young persons in proceedings

(1) The following proceedings or parts of proceedings are to be heard in the absence of the public, unless the court hearing the proceedings otherwise directs--

(a) proceedings in which an apprehended violence order is sought or proposed to be made for the protection of a young person,

(b) proceedings in relation to an application for the variation or revocation of an apprehended violence order, if the protected person or one of the protected persons is a young person,

(c) any part of proceedings in which an apprehended violence order is sought or proposed to be made in which a young person appears as a witness,

(d) any part of proceedings in relation to an application for the variation or revocation of an apprehended violence order in which a young person appears as a witness,

(e) any part of proceedings under Part 13B for the variation or revocation of a recognised non-local DVO or for a declaration that a DVO is a recognised DVO in which a young person appears as a witness,

(f) proceedings in which an apprehended violence order is sought or proposed to be made against a young person,

(g) proceedings in relation to an application for the variation or revocation of an apprehended violence order made against a young person.

(2) In this section--


"young person" means a person who is 16 years of age or over but who is under the age of 18 years.