Victorian Numbered Acts

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER SCHEME ACT 2016 (NO. 53 OF 2016) - SECT 47

        After section 37(3) of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 insert —

    "(4)     In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (2), it is not a defence to the charge that—

        (a)     the accused person was the respondent under the family violence safety notice; and

        (b)     a recognised DVO in relation to the same protected person and respondent—

              (i)     was made before the family violence safety notice was issued; and

              (ii)     was in force at the time the offence was alleged to have been committed; and

        (c)     the accused person's conduct was not a contravention of the recognised DVO.".