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DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 1989 - SECT 14A

14A Court to explain order to aggrieved or respondent before the court

(1) When an aggrieved or respondent is first personally before a court, the court must satisfy itself that the aggrieved or respondent understands--

(a) the nature, purpose and legal implications of the application; and
(b) the legal implications of the court making a domestic violence order because of the application.

(2) If a person's first presence before a court is at the time the court is about to make a domestic violence order, the court may comply with subsection (1) and section 50, at the same time.

(3) Failure to comply with this section does not affect the validity of the domestic violence order.



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