Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) An aggrieved person may apply to the Magistrates Court for a non-emergency protection order.
Note 1 If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004 for an application under this section, the form must be used.
Note 2 Different rules may apply to an aggrieved person with a legal disability (see s 19).
Note 3 An aggrieved person for a workplace order is the employer, not the person who has suffered the violence (see dict, def aggrieved person ).
(2) Also, a police officer may make an application for an aggrieved person, or help an aggrieved person to make an application.
(3) This section does not affect any other right of a person to make an application for a non-emergency protection order for an aggrieved person.
Example—people with right to make application for protection order
a parent or guardian of a child who is an aggrieved person, or an agent of an aggrieved person
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).