Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 - SECT 54

    (1)     An application for a court DVO must:

        (a)     be made in the approved form; and

        (b)     be filed in the Court.

    (2)     The applicant for a court DVO must file the application in the Court that is located closest to the place of residence of the protected person.

    (3)     Despite subsection (2), if the respondent is a young person the application must be filed in the Youth Justice Court mentioned in section 45 of the Youth Justice Act 2005.

    (4)     A failure to comply with subsection (2) or (3) does not affect the validity of the application.

    (5)     As soon as practicable after the application is filed under subsection (1), a registrar must give written notice to the parties to the court DVO of the date and place for the hearing of the application.