sec.22Child as aggrieved or respondent

### sec.22 Child as aggrieved or respondent A person who is a child can be named as the aggrieved or the respondent in an application for a domestic violence order, or in a domestic violence order or police protection notice. However, a child can only be named as the aggrieved or the respondent if an intimate personal relationship or an informal care relationship exists between the child and the other party named in the application, order or notice. Subsection (2) does not limit— the interstate orders that are recognised interstate orders under part 6 ; or the New Zealand orders that may be registered under part 6 , division 4 . To remove any doubt, it is declared that a child can not be named as the aggrieved or respondent in a police protection direction. See section 100C (1) (a) . In this section— other party , named in an application, order or notice, means— in relation to an aggrieved—the respondent or any 1 of the respondents named in the application, order or notice; or in relation to a respondent—the aggrieved named in the application, order or notice. s 22 amd 2016 No. 51 s 51 ; 2025 No. 18 s 6 (sec.22-ssec.1) A person who is a child can be named as the aggrieved or the respondent in an application for a domestic violence order, or in a domestic violence order or police protection notice. (sec.22-ssec.2) However, a child can only be named as the aggrieved or the respondent if an intimate personal relationship or an informal care relationship exists between the child and the other party named in the application, order or notice. (sec.22-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not limit— the interstate orders that are recognised interstate orders under part 6 ; or the New Zealand orders that may be registered under part 6 , division 4 . (sec.22-ssec.4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a child can not be named as the aggrieved or respondent in a police protection direction. See section 100C (1) (a) . (sec.22-ssec.5) In this section— other party , named in an application, order or notice, means— in relation to an aggrieved—the respondent or any 1 of the respondents named in the application, order or notice; or in relation to a respondent—the aggrieved named in the application, order or notice. - (a) the interstate orders that are recognised interstate orders under part 6 ; or - (b) the New Zealand orders that may be registered under part 6 , division 4 . - (a) in relation to an aggrieved—the respondent or any 1 of the respondents named in the application, order or notice; or - (b) in relation to a respondent—the aggrieved named in the application, order or notice.