STALKING INTERVENTION ORDERS ACT 2008 (NO. 68 OF 2008) - SECT 80 Neighbourhood Justice Division

STALKING INTERVENTION ORDERS ACT 2008 (NO. 68 OF 2008) - SECT 80

    (1)     After section 4O(2)(a) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 insert —

    "(ab)     in the case of a proceeding under the Stalking Intervention Orders Act 2008 —

              (i)     at least one of the parties resides in the municipal district; or

              (ii)     at least one of the parties is—

    (A)     a homeless person; or

    (B)     an Aborigine with a close connection to the municipal district—

and the Court considers that it is appropriate to deal with the matter in the Neighbourhood Justice Division; or

              (iii)         the whole or a material part of the alleged stalking occurred in the municipal district;".

    (3)         After section 4O(3)(d) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 insert —

    "(da)     the jurisdiction of the Court given by the Stalking Intervention Orders Act 2008 ; and".

        Division 8—Amendment to the Police Regulation Act 1958