Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If an application for a court DVO is made under Division 2, the Court may request the Commissioner to file in the Court:
(a) the respondent's criminal history (if any); and
(b) a report in accordance with section 32(2).
(2) The respondent's criminal history and report filed under subsection (1) are evidence of the matter specified for the purposes of confirmation of the court DVO.
(3) To avoid doubt, the respondent's criminal history and report filed under subsection (1) are not to be used as evidence in the prosecution of an offence against this Act or any other law of the Territory.
(4) If the respondent has no DVO history, the Commissioner must still file the report under subsection (1) specifying that fact.