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Family Violence Protection Act 2008
51Application by affidavit or certified if warrant to issue
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51 Application by affidavit or certified if warrant to issue
If the applicant for a family violence intervention order seeks a warrant to issue in the first instance for the arrest of the respondent—
S. 51(a) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 52.3).
(a) the application for the warrant must be in writing and be made by affidavit or be certified; and
(b) the application for the family violence intervention order and the warrant must
be in the same document and contain the prescribed particulars.