DOVVSU continues to provide the major entry point to the justice system and thus contributes to making domestic violence a visible public issue. However Information related to rights, services and protection and occupation orders is poorly provided because of the ignorance of DOVVSU staff about the legal procedures and application ...

Police assistance to a victim under subsection (1) consist of issuing a medical form to the victim and where necessary sending the victim to a medical facility. A victim of domestic violence who is assisted by the police to obtain medical treatment under subsection (1)(c) is entitled to free medical ...

A person referred to in this Act as an applicant may apply to a court for a protection order to prevent i) another person referred to in this Act as the respondent ii) a person associated with the respondent or both a respondent and a person associated with the respondent ...