New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 43

43 Non-inclusion of protected person’s residential address in applications or orders

(1) The address at which the protected person resides must not be stated in an application for an apprehended domestic violence order or interim apprehended domestic violence order or an application 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 unless-

(a) where the protected person is of or above the age of 16 years-the protected person consents to the address being included in the application, or

(b) where the application is made by a police officer-the police officer is satisfied that the defendant knows the address.

(2) The address at which the protected person resides, or intends to reside, must not be stated in an apprehended domestic violence order or interim apprehended domestic violence order or in a declaration under Part 13B that a DVO is a recognised DVO unless the court or issuing officer is satisfied that-

(a) the defendant knows the address, or

(b) it is necessary to state the address in order to achieve compliance with the order and the personal safety of the protected person would not be seriously threatened, or damage would not be likely to be caused to any property of the protected person, by stating the address, or

(c) where the protected person is of or above the age of 16 years-the protected person consents to the address being stated in the order.

(3) A reference in this section to an apprehended domestic violence order or interim apprehended domestic violence order includes a reference to any other order relating to such an order.

(4) In this section,
"court" includes a Registrar.