(1)  In this Act –

corresponding law means a law of another jurisdiction that –

(a) contains provisions that substantially correspond with this Act; or

(b) is declared by the regulations to be a corresponding law for the purposes of this Act;

defendant means the person against whom a DVO is made;

domestic violence concern  – see section 8 ;

DVO (or domestic violence order) means a local DVO, an interstate DVO or a foreign order;

final DVO means a DVO that is not an interim DVO;

foreign order means a New Zealand DVO;

general violence order means –

(a) an intervention order under the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 of South Australia; or

(b) a violence restraining order under the Restraining Orders Act 1997 of Western Australia, other than –

(i) a violence restraining order made under section 11B of that Act; or

(ii) a police order under that Act;

interim DVO means a DVO that is of an interim or provisional nature and, to avoid doubt, includes the following:

(a) any DVO made by a police officer (other than a police family violence order (PFVO) under the Family Violence Act 2004 );

(b) an emergency order under the Domestic Violence and Protection Orders Act 2008 of the Australian Capital Territory;

(c) a temporary protection order under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 of Queensland;

(d) any DVO declared by the regulations to be an interim DVO;

interstate DVO  – see section 6 ;

interstate law enforcement agency means –

(a) the Police Force of another jurisdiction; or

(b) any other agency of another jurisdiction responsible for the enforcement of DVOs in that jurisdiction;

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

issuing jurisdiction for a DVO means the jurisdiction in which the DVO is made;

jurisdiction means a State or Territory;

local DVO  – see section 5 ;

local law enforcement agency means –

(a) the Police Service of Tasmania; or

(b) any other agency responsible for the enforcement of DVOs in Tasmania;

make includes issue;

New Zealand DVO means an order made under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 of New Zealand or under an Act repealed by that Act;

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

participating jurisdiction means the following jurisdictions:

(a) Tasmania;

(b) a jurisdiction in which a corresponding law is enacted;

properly notified  – see section 16 ;

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

recognised DVO  – see sections 10 and 39 ;

recognised variation  – see section 11 ;

registered foreign order  – see section 7 ;

revoke includes cancel;

vary a DVO includes the following:

(a) amend or modify the DVO;

(b) add further conditions, prohibitions or restrictions to the DVO or vary or delete conditions, prohibitions or restrictions;

(c) extend or reduce the period in which the DVO remains in force.

(2)  Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.