Form · Family Violence & Protection Orders
Application for a domestic violence order (NT Local Court publication PD 5A): completion guide
Link to the Local Court of the Northern Territory publication Application for a Domestic Violence Order, number PD 5A, dated 26 March 2024. The Word file was not opened. The lawyer checks the current file before anyone completes it.
- Kind
- Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Where it applies
- Northern Territory
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the official form at localcourt.nt.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Northern Territory.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Link to the official form. Licence: © Northern Territory of Australia (Local Court). Link only: download the current PD 5A file from the Court each time; do not copy or adapt it.
Where this comes from
The official form is published by localcourt.nt.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.
When to use it
Use when identifying the Local Court of the Northern Territory domestic violence order application. Do not complete it from this guide. The publication page does not set out the form's questions, the Act section, a fee, or the court process.
Used for these tasks
- Prepare the protection order application pack
- Build the incident chronology and evidence index for the protection order file
- Prepare the statement in support of the protection order application
- Screen documents for the protected person’s address and contact details before service or disclosure
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may record that the publication is PD 5A, dated 26 March 2024, and list what the page does not say; the lawyer opens the current Word file and writes the application. The file was not read.
AI may
- Check the draft against the current form and list blank fields, missing copies and inconsistent names
- Index dates, police incident numbers and existing orders already recorded on the file, without rewriting the account of what happened
- Flag address and contact fields that should be kept off a document the other party will see
AI must not
- Must not write the narrative of incidents or any statement in support
- Must not describe the abuse, the risk, or the conditions sought, in words the lawyer and applicant have not settled
- Must not sign, file or serve the application
The lawyer checks
- The current form is used, and it is the family-violence form rather than a non-family restraining or personal protection form, or the reverse, as the facts require
- Confidential addresses are not on a document the other party will receive
- The lawyer has checked the current practice direction before any generative tool is used
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer. Licence: © Northern Territory of Australia (Local Court). Link only: download the current PD 5A file from the Court each time; do not copy or adapt it..
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