Victorian Numbered Acts

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER SCHEME ACT 2016 (NO. 53 OF 2016) - SECT 37

    (1)     To avoid doubt, section 36 extends to a DVO declared by a registrar of a court of another participating jurisdiction to be a recognised DVO before the commencement date.

    (2)     Sections 11 and 12 extend to any variation or revocation of a DVO referred to in subsection (1), that was done in a participating jurisdiction before the commencement date, as if the DVO were a recognised DVO.

    (3)     However, the DVO, and any variation to the DVO, does not become enforceable against the respondent in Victoria, under this Act, until the commencement date.

Division 4—Power to declare DVO to be recognised