Service of application
48 Service of application
As soon as practicable after an application for a family violence intervention order is made, the appropriate registrar for the court must serve the application on—
the respondent; and
if the applicant for the order is not the affected family member—
the affected family member; or
if the affected family member is a child and the application was made with the consent of the child's parent, that parent;
if the affected family member is a child and the application was made with the leave of the court, a parent of the child (other than the respondent) with whom the child normally or regularly lives;
if the affected family member has a guardian—the guardian.
Note to s. 48 inserted by No. 53/2010 s. 198.
Note
See section 205(1), which provides that a person may serve a document by causing it to be served.
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