Victorian Current Acts

FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 224

    (1)     This section applies to an order made under a law of another State or a Territory and     registered under section 18AA of the Crimes (Family Violence) Act 1987 before the commencement of this section.

    (2)     An order referred to in subsection (1)—

        (a)     is taken to be an interstate summary protection order within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Crimes (Family Violence) Act 1987 , whether or not the State or Territory law under which the order was made had been declared by Order of the Governor in Council; and

        (b)     to the extent that it is taken to be an interstate summary protection order, is taken to have been validly registered under section 18AA of the Crimes (Family Violence) Act 1987 .

Pt 14 Div. 4 (Heading and s. 224A) inserted by No. 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 22.4).

Division 4—Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009

S. 224A inserted by No. 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 22.4).