43Preliminary conferences—generally

43 Preliminary conferences—generally The objects of a preliminary conference in relation to an application for a protection order are to— (a) find out whether the proceeding for the order may be settled by consent before it is heard by the Magistrates Court; and

Note 1 Before making a consent order, the court must explain certain things about the order (see s 60 and s 61). Note 2 Words spoken or anything done at the preliminary conference that is related to a question to be decided by the court in the proceeding for the protection order is generally inadmissible as evidence in the proceeding (see s 57).