67ASupport person

67A Support person

Sch. 1 cl. 67A(1) amended by No. 53/2016 s. 126(1), substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 378(2).

(1) The following parties to a proceeding under the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 may be accompanied at a hearing by a person (support person) for the purposes of that person providing support to the party—

(a) a party who is a protected person;

(b) a party who is a respondent under a family violence safety notice, family violence intervention order, recognised non-local DVO or personal safety intervention order.

(2) The support person may be—

(a) a legal practitioner; or

(b) a social worker; or

(c) a friend or family member of the party; or

(d) any other person chosen by the party.

Sch. 1 cl. 67A(3) inserted by No. 53/2016 s. 126(2), substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 378(3).

(3) In this clause—

personal safety intervention order has the same meaning as in the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010;

protected person has the same meaning as in the Residential Tenancies Act 1997;

Sch. 1 cl. 68 substituted by No. 45/2018 s. 378(4).

68 Notification of commencement in circumstances of family violence

(1) The principal registrar must undertake service of a copy of an application on an applicant's behalf under section 72 if—

(a) the applicant is a protected person; and

(b) the applicant has made an application under section 91V, 142S, 206AG or 207M of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997; and

(c) the applicant is required under section 72(1) to serve a copy of the application on a person who is a respondent under a family violence safety notice, family violence intervention order, recognised non-local DVO or personal safety intervention order under which the applicant is a protected person; and

(d) the applicant requests the principal registrar to undertake service on the respondent on behalf of the protected person; and

(e) the applicant gives the principal registrar the last known residential or business address of the respondent.

(2) In this clause—

personal safety intervention order has the same meaning as in the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010;

has the same meaning as in the ;