South Australian Current Acts

INTERVENTION ORDERS (PREVENTION OF ABUSE) ACT 2009 - SECT 29A

29A—Interpretation

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears—

"corresponding law" means a law, or part of a law, of a State or a Territory of the Commonwealth declared by the regulations to be a corresponding law for the purposes of this Part;

"domestic violence order" or "DVO" means a local DVO, an interstate DVO or a foreign intervention order;

"foreign intervention order" does not include an order (whether registered or not under Part 4) that is declared by the regulations not to be a foreign intervention order for the purposes of this Part;

"general violence order" means—

            (a)         an intervention order under this Act; or

            (b)         a violence restraining order under the corresponding law of Western Australia, other than an order under that corresponding law declared by the regulations not to be a general violence order for the purposes of this paragraph;

"interim DVO" means a DVO that is of an interim or a provisional nature and includes—

            (a)         an interim intervention order under this Act; and

            (b)         a DVO made by a police officer under a corresponding law; and

            (c)         an emergency order made under the corresponding law of the Australian Capital Territory; and

            (d)         a temporary protection order made under the corresponding law of Queensland; and

            (e)         a DVO declared by the regulations to be an interim DVO;

"interstate DVO" means an order, or order of a type, made under a corresponding law that is declared by the regulations to be an interstate DVO for the purposes of this Part;

"interstate law enforcement agency" means—

            (a)         a police force of a participating jurisdiction; or

            (b)         an agency of a participating jurisdiction responsible for enforcing DVOs in that jurisdiction;

"issuing authority" includes a court or person with power to make, vary or revoke a DVO under the law of a participating jurisdiction;

"issuing jurisdiction", in respect of a DVO, means the jurisdiction in which the DVO is made;

"local law enforcement agency" means South Australia Police;

"local DVO"—a reference to a "local DVO" is a reference to an intervention order (within the meaning of section 3(1)) that addresses a domestic violence concern;

"make" includes issue;

"non-local DVO" means an interstate DVO or a foreign intervention order;

"participating jurisdiction" means this jurisdiction or a jurisdiction in which a corresponding law is in force;

"properly notified"—see section 29J;

"protected person" means a person for whose protection or benefit a DVO is made;

"recognised DVO"—see section 29D;

"registered foreign order"—see section 29B;

"revoke" includes cancel.