Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 - SECT 33

    (1)     As soon as practicable after a police DVO is made, the Commissioner must file in the Court a report with the details of the protected person's entire DVO history, including the following:

        (a)     a list of every DVO in which the protected person is named, either as a respondent or a protected person;

        (b)     the details of any DVO contravened by the protected person;

        (c)     the details of any DVO involving the protected person and any person other than the respondent;

        (d)     if requested by the Court – any DVO nationally recognised orders involving the protected person, including any from another Territory, a State or another country.

    (2)     A report filed under subsection (1) is evidence for the purposes of review or confirmation of a police DVO.

    (3)     If the protected person has no DVO history, the Commissioner must still file the report under subsection (1) specifying that fact.