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CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 41AA
Measures to protect young persons in proceedings
41AA Measures to protect young persons in proceedings
(1) The following proceedings or parts of proceedings are to be heard in the
absence of the public, unless the court hearing the proceedings otherwise
directs-- (a) proceedings in which an apprehended violence order is sought or
proposed to be made for the protection of a young person,
(b) proceedings in
relation to an application for the variation or revocation of an
apprehended violence order, if the protected person or one of the
protected persons is a young person,
(c) any part of proceedings in which an
apprehended violence order is sought or proposed to be made in which a
young person appears as a witness,
(d) any part of proceedings in relation to
an application for the variation or revocation of an
apprehended violence order in which a young person appears as a witness,
(e)
any part of proceedings under Part 13B for the variation or revocation of a
recognised non-local DVO or for a declaration that a DVO is a recognised DVO
in which a young person appears as a witness,
(f) proceedings in which an
apprehended violence order is sought or proposed to be made against a
young person,
(g) proceedings in relation to an application for the variation
or revocation of an apprehended violence order made against a young person.
(2) In this section--
"young person" means a person who is 16 years of age or over but who is under
the age of 18 years.
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