South Australian Current Acts

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

29C—Domestic violence concern

        (1)         A violence restraining order under the corresponding law of Western Australia will be taken to address a domestic violence concern for the purposes of this Part if the order is made because the defendant has committed, or because it is feared the defendant will commit, an act of family and domestic violence (within the meaning of that corresponding law).

        (2)         A general violence order will be taken to be an order that addresses a domestic violence concern for the purposes of this Part if—

            (a)         it is declared to be an order that addresses a domestic violence concern by the issuing authority that makes the order; or

            (b)         a registrar of a court of the jurisdiction in which the order was made makes an order declaring the DVO to be a recognised DVO in that jurisdiction.

        (3)         The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this section including so as to modify what may be taken to address a domestic violence concern in a participating jurisdiction.