appropriate registrar, for a court, means the registrar for that court or at the proper venue of the court; assault has the meaning in section 6(1); child means a person who is under the age of 18 years; protection order means an order for which the Children's Court has jurisdiction under section 515(1) of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 to hear and determine an application; Note Under section 515(1)(o) of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005, the Children's Court's jurisdiction includes hearing and determining applications for certain proceedings transferred to the Court under interstate laws. cognitive impairment has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958; contested application an application that is the subject of a contested hearing; contested hearing, in relation to an application under this Act, means a hearing by a court in which a party to the proceeding is contesting the final determination of the application; corresponding interstate law means a law of another State or a Territory relating to the protection of persons from prohibited behaviour or stalking that— s. 4
person is the applicant for the proceeding; and the affected person or protected person is not the applicant for the proceeding, the applicant; and respondent; personal safety intervention means— order; or interim order; police officer means a member of the police force; possession, in relation to a firearm, has the same meaning as it has in the Firearms Act 1996; prohibited behaviour has the meaning given in section 5; proper venue— relation to a proceeding in the Magistrates' Court, has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989; and relation to a proceeding in the Children's Court, has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005; s. 4 property, in relation to a person, includes— of the person; and
weapon means an article that is— prohibited weapon under the Control of Weapons Act 1990; or controlled weapon under paragraph (b) of the definition of controlled weapon in section 3(1) of the Control of Weapons Act 1990; weapons approval an approval under section 8C of the Control of Weapons Act 1990; weapons exemption means an exemption granted under section 8B of the Control of Weapons Act 1990 in respect of a person or a class of persons. 5 Meaning of prohibited behaviour s. 5 For the purposes of this Act, prohibited behaviour is— or assault; or or damage or interference; or a serious threat. 6 Meaning of assault and sexual assault
See section 123 of the Police Regulation Act 1958 which provides for immunity for police officers in certain circumstances in relation to acts done or omitted to be done in the course of the officer's duty. 110 Certification (1) If under this Act a person is required or permitted to certify a document— person must certify that the information contained in the document is true and correct to the best of the person's knowledge; and document must include a statement that the person understands that making the certification knowing the document to be in any particular constitutes an offence punishable by 120 penalty units. (2) A person must not certify a document under this Act if the person knows it to be false in any particular. 120 penalty units. 111 s. 111 (1) Each to a proceeding for a personal safety intervention order under this Act must bear the party's own costs of the proceeding. (2) For a proceeding for an order under Part 10 to declare a person to be a vexatious litigant— the person is declared to be a vexatious litigant, that person must bear the cost of the proceeding, than the Attorney-General's
(2) The decision subsection (1) to hear applications for personal safety intervention orders and family violence intervention orders together may be made— the application of the applicants or the respondents; or the court's own initiative if the court considers it in the interests of justice to do so. 134 Family violence intervention order to prevail s. 134 A family violence intervention order prevails to the extent of any inconsistency with a personal safety intervention order. Division 2—Certain applications under Family Violence Protection Act 2008 to be heard under this Act where parties are not family members Note Division 2 of Part 9A of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 provides for applications for personal safety intervention orders to be heard under that Act as applications for family violence intervention orders where the court determines that the parties are family members. 135 Application of Division This Division does not apply to the following applications under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008— application for the variation, revocation or extension of a final family violence intervention order;