Queensland Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 - SECT 145

145 Evidence

(1) In a proceeding under this Act, a court—

(a) is not bound by the rules of evidence, or any practices or procedures applying to courts of record; and

(b) may inform itself in any way it considers appropriate.

(2) Despite subsection (1) , the Evidence Act 1977 , part 2 , division 2A applies to a proceeding under this Act.

(3) If the court is to be satisfied of a matter, the court need only be satisfied of the matter on the balance of probabilities.

(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the court need not have the personal evidence of the aggrieved before making a domestic violence order.