Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROTECTION ORDERS AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO. 13 OF 2005) - SECT 17

Section 31 (1)

substitute

    (1)     A protection order may be amended if the Magistrates Court is satisfied that—

        (a)     the order as amended could be made on application for a protection order; and

        (b)     if the amendment would reduce the protection of a child who is 15 years old or younger—the child is no longer in need of the greater protection provided by the unamended protection order.