Victorian Numbered Acts

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER SCHEME ACT 2016 (NO. 53 OF 2016) - SECT 45

    (1)     In section 30(1)(b) of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 , before "ends" insert "subject to subsection (1A),".

    (2)     After section 30(1) of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 insert —

    "(1A)     If, at the time the family violence safety notice was issued, there was a recognised DVO made by a court of any jurisdiction in relation to the same respondent and protected person, the family violence safety notice ends when the earlier of the following occurs—

        (a)         on the first mention date, if the application for the family violence intervention order is withdrawn on the first mention date;

        (b)     if the court varies or extends the recognised DVO on the first mention date— when the order is served on the respondent.".