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DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 - SECT 185

Court to give domestic violence order to other persons

185 Court to give domestic violence order to other persons

(1) If a court makes or varies a domestic violence order, the clerk of the court must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the order is made or varied, give a copy of the order, or varied order, to—
(a) the aggrieved; and
(b) an applicant who is not an aggrieved or a police officer; and
(c) each named person; and
(d) the police commissioner.
(2) If a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) or (c) is present in court when the order is made or varied, the clerk of the court may give the person a copy of the order, or varied order, before the person leaves the court.
(3) However, the clerk of the court is not required to comply with subsection (1) (a) , (b) or (c) if the clerk of the court can not locate the person, or identify an address for the place of residence or business of the person, after making all reasonable enquiries.
(4) Also, the clerk of the court is not required to comply with subsection (1) (c) if the clerk of the court reasonably believes that—
(a) the named person is a child; and
(b) a copy of the order has already been given to a parent of the child because the parent is an aggrieved or named person.
(5) Failure to comply with this section does not invalidate or otherwise affect a domestic violence order.
(6) This section is subject to section 188 .



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