Western Australian Current Acts

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE ACT 2008 - SECT 80

80 .         Registration of SA restraining orders under WA law

                A registrar of the Magistrates Court may register an SA restraining order in another participating jurisdiction if —

            (a)         the order was made, amended or varied in a cross-border proceeding of a prescribed court of South Australia for the purposes of which the person against whom the order was made had a connection with a cross-border region that is partly in that other jurisdiction; or

            (b)         the person against whom, or for whose benefit, the order was made ordinarily resides in that other jurisdiction.

        Examples for this section:

        1.         An SA magistrate sitting in Alice Springs makes a restraining order under SA’s restraining orders laws. For the purposes of the proceeding, the person against whom the order is made had a connection with the WA/SA/NT region. The Alice Springs registry is a registry of the WA Magistrates Court. Exercising the powers of a registrar of the WA Magistrates Court, a registry officer registers the order under WA’s restraining orders laws.

        2.         An SA magistrate sitting in Port Augusta makes a restraining order under SA’s restraining orders laws. The person for whose benefit the order is made ordinarily resides in SA. The Port Augusta registry is a registry of the WA Magistrates Court. Exercising the powers of a registrar of the WA Magistrates Court, a registry officer registers the order under WA’s restraining orders laws.