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FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 227

Transitional provisions—National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016

    (1)     This section applies to a corresponding interstate order that, immediately before the commencement of section 77 of the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016 , was registered under Division 1 of Part 10.

    (2)     Despite the repeal of Division 1 of Part 10, this Act continues to apply in relation to the corresponding interstate order unless or until the earlier of the following occurs—

        (a)     the corresponding interstate order becomes a recognised DVO in the jurisdiction in which the interstate order was made;

        (b)     the corresponding interstate order is—

              (i)     declared to be a recognised DVO under section 39 of the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016 ; or

              (ii)     declared by a registrar of a court of another participating jurisdiction to be a recognised DVO under a corresponding DVO recognition law.

    (3)     The corresponding interstate order is not a local DVO for the purposes of the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016 .

    (4)     On and after the corresponding interstate order becoming a recognised DVO or being declared to be a recognised DVO, the  National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016 applies in relation to the corresponding interstate order as if it were a non-local DVO that is a recognised DVO.

Pt 14 Div. 11 (Heading and ss 228 230A) inserted by No. 19/2017 s. 40.

Division 11—Family Violence Protection Amendment Act 2017

New s. 228 inserted by No. 19/2017 s. 40.



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