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VEXATIOUS PROCEEDINGS ACT 2014 - SECT 19

Magistrates' Court or Children's Court may make extended litigation restraint order—intervention order legislation

    (1)     The Magistrates' Court or the Children's Court may make an extended litigation restraint order that relates to intervention order legislation against a person if the court is satisfied that the person has frequently commenced or conducted vexatious proceedings under intervention order legislation—

        (a)     against a person; or

        (b)     in relation to a matter.

    (2)     In determining whether it is satisfied of the matters specified in subsection (1), the Magistrates' Court or the Children's Court may take into account any matter it considers relevant.

    (3)     The Magistrates' Court or the Children's Court may make an extended litigation restraint order that relates to intervention order legislation—

        (a)     on its own motion; or

        (b)     on an application under section 18.

Note

See section 154 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 or section 111 of the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 in relation to costs for a proceeding for an order made under this section.



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