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Personal Violence Act 2016
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83A Review of orders—preliminary conferences
(1) If the Magistrates Court receives an application under section 81, the
court must hold a preliminary conference unless the court is satisfied,
on application or on its own initiative, that—
(2) The objects of a preliminary conference are to—
(a) find out whether the proceeding for the review may be settled
by consent before it is heard by the Magistrates Court; and
Note Words spoken or anything done at the preliminary conference that is
related to a question to be decided by the court in a proceeding for the
protection order is generally inadmissible as evidence in the proceeding
(see s 57).
(3) If the Magistrates Court holds a preliminary conference, the registrar
must do the following:
(4) If the Magistrates Court does not hold a preliminary conference, the
(5) The registrar may adjourn a preliminary conference if—
and
(b) the respondent has not been served in accordance with this
section; and
(c) the registrar is satisfied that the respondent may be served if
further time for service were allowed.
Note The court may direct that service be effected in another way if personal