New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 91

91 Courts authorised to make orders and determine applications

(1) The following courts have jurisdiction (in the circumstances specified) to make orders and determine applications under this Act--

(a) the Local Court--except where the defendant is less than 18 years of age at the time the application is made,

(b) the Children's Court--where the defendant is less than 18 years of age at the time the application is made.

(2) The Local Court has jurisdiction to vary or revoke an order made by it or any other court (except where the defendant is less than 18 years of age at the time the application for the variation or revocation is made).

(3) The Children's Court has jurisdiction to vary or revoke an order made by it irrespective of the age of the defendant at the time the application for variation or revocation is made.

(4) An order made by the Local Court for the purposes of this Act is not invalid on the ground that it was made in the mistaken belief that the defendant was of or above 18 years of age at the time the application was made.

(5) This section does not apply to provisional orders.