Section 13: Procedure
This section sets out some procedural details on the operation of the Act in the magistrates’ courts.
	Subsection (1) provides that an application to a magistrates’ court under any provision in the Act is to be made by complaint. This is the process by which civil matters are commenced in the magistrates’ court.
	Subsection (2) provides that section 127 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (time limits) does not apply to any provision in the Act. This means that there is no requirement for a magistrates’ court to hear proceedings for an order within six months from the time when the acts associated with stalking were carried out.