Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 - SECT 62

    (1)     If the Court is satisfied that an application for a court DVO under Division 2 is frivolous, vexatious or an abuse of the process of the Court, the Court may decide:

        (a)     to refuse to hear the application; or

        (b)     if a hearing for the application has started – to order a stay of the proceeding.

    (2)     A decision may be made under subsection (1) at any time after the application is filed, regardless of whether notice about the hearing of the application is given to the parties to the court DVO.

    (3)     As soon as practicable after making a decision under subsection (1), the Court must give the parties to the court DVO written notice of the decision.