Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 65 OF 1997) - SECT 6

6. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by inserting after paragraph (1) (ea) the following paragraphs:

    “(eb)     if the respondent has previously engaged in conduct that constitutes a domestic violence offence—that conduct;

        (ec)     if a protection order has been made in relation to the respondent at any time—particulars of the order;

        (ed)     if the respondent has contravened a protection order made in relation to him or her—particulars of the contravention;

        (ee)     the need to ensure that property is protected from damage;”; and

        (b)     by adding at the end the following subsections:

“(4) In paragraph (1) (eb), a reference to conduct that constitutes a domestic violence offence shall be read as including a reference to conduct engaged in outside the Territory that, if it were engaged in within the Territory, would constitute a domestic violence offence.

“(5) In paragraphs (1) (ec) and (ed), a reference to a protection order shall be read as including a reference to an order under a law of a State or another Territory having the same effect or substantially the same effect as a protection order.”.