Queensland Consolidated Regulations

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION RULES 2014 - REG 22

22 Directions that may be issued by DFVP court for proceeding

The DFVP court may issue a direction about any of the following for a proceeding—

(a) that an application be amended, and how the application is to be amended;

(b) that an applicant give further particulars about his or her application;

(c) that evidence given by a person be given by affidavit;

(d) how and when an affidavit is to be filed and served on the other parties in the proceeding;

(e) that a person give further details of a matter in the affidavit, and how the further details are to be given;

(f) that a person who has given an affidavit attend, or not attend, a proceeding;

(g) how a respondent may cross-examine an aggrieved or a named person;

Note—

A DFVP court may make an order that the respondent who is not represented by a lawyer may not cross-examine a protected witness under the DFVP Act , section 151 .

(h) how a respondent’s lawyer may cross-examine an aggrieved, named person or child;

(i) that scandalous or oppressive matter in an affidavit be removed from the affidavit;

(j) that a scandalous or oppressive document be removed from the file;

(k) that a party to the proceeding may appear and make submissions by telephone, video link or another form of communication, including conditions about the appearance and submissions;

(l) that evidence may be received by telephone, video link or another form of communication, including conditions about how the evidence may be received;

(m) that a document, particular documents or a class of documents be disclosed to a party in the proceeding, and how disclosure is to happen;

(n) if a person is to be specifically named in a domestic violence order and the application is to be served in a way other than rule 18 —the way the person is to be notified;

(o) that a named person give evidence in a proceeding;

(p) how and when a subpoena is to be served.