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FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2004 - SECT 16

16. Family violence orders

      (1) A court may make an FVO if satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that –

(a) a person has committed family violence; and

(b) that person may again commit family violence.

      (2) An FVO may include such conditions as the court considers are necessary or desirable to prevent the commission of family violence against an affected person or to protect any other person named in the order.

      (3) Without limiting the nature of the conditions which may be included in an FVO, the court may require the person against whom the FVO is to be made to do one or more of the following:

(a) vacate premises, not enter premises, or only enter premises on certain conditions, whether or not that person has a legal or equitable interest in the premises;

(b) not possess firearms specified in the order or forfeit or dispose of any firearms in his or her possession.



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