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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.21Who is an aggrieved and who is a respondent
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### sec.21 Who is an aggrieved and who is a respondent
An aggrieved means the person for whose benefit a domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice is in force or may be made under this Act.
Only 1 person may be named as the aggrieved in an application for a domestic violence order, or in a domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice.
A respondent means a person against whom a domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice is in force or may be made under this Act.
More than 1 person may be named as the respondent in an application for a domestic violence order, or in a domestic violence order.
Only 1 person may be named as the respondent in a police protection direction or police protection notice.
s 21 amd 2025 No. 18 s 5
(sec.21-ssec.1) An aggrieved means the person for whose benefit a domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice is in force or may be made under this Act.
(sec.21-ssec.2) Only 1 person may be named as the aggrieved in an application for a domestic violence order, or in a domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice.
(sec.21-ssec.3) A respondent means a person against whom a domestic violence order, police protection direction or police protection notice is in force or may be made under this Act.
(sec.21-ssec.4) More than 1 person may be named as the respondent in an application for a domestic violence order, or in a domestic violence order.
(sec.21-ssec.5) Only 1 person may be named as the respondent in a police protection direction or police protection notice.