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Personal Violence Act 2016
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42 Service of application etc on others
(1) This section applies to a document required to be served under
section 40 or section 41.
(2) The registrar—
(a) must also give a copy of the document to the following people:
(i) if the applicant or respondent is a child—the child’s parent
or guardian;
(ii) if the applicant or respondent has a disability guardian—
the guardian; and
(b) may also give a copy of the document to anyone else the
registrar considers appropriate.
Note Section 64F contains provisions about giving a document to a child or the
child’s parent or guardian.
(3) The failure of the registrar to comply with subsection (2) (a) does not
affect the validity of any protection order or other order under this
Act.