Deciding application if criminal proceedings

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The power of a court or judicial officer to make, amend or revoke a family violence order in relation to a person may be exercised even if the person has been charged with, or convicted or found guilty of, an offence arising out of the same conduct as that out of which the application for the order arose.

Note

If the Magistrates Court is making an interim order and there is a related charge outstanding in relation to the respondent, the court must make a special interim order (see s 22 (1) (a)).

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151 Deciding application if criminal proceedings