Western Australian Current Acts

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE ACT 2008 - SECT 91

91 .         Registration of WA or SA restraining orders under NT law

        (1)         In this section —

        interstate restraining order means —

            (a)         a restraining order of the State; or

            (b)         a restraining order of South Australia;

        register means to register under the Northern Territory’s restraining orders laws.

        (2)         The Registrar of the Local Court of the Northern Territory may register an interstate restraining order in the State if —

            (a)         the order was made, amended or varied in a cross-border proceeding of a prescribed court of the State or 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 the Northern Territory; or

            (b)         the person against whom, or for whose benefit, the order was made ordinarily resides in the Northern Territory.

        Examples for this section:

        1.         A WA magistrate sitting in Perth makes a restraining order under WA’s restraining orders laws. The person for whose benefit the order is made ordinarily resides in the NT. The Perth registry is a registry of the NT Local Court. Exercising the powers of the Registrar of the NT Local Court, a registry officer registers the order under the NT’s restraining orders laws.

        2.         An SA magistrate sitting in Kalgoorlie 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 Kalgoorlie registry is a registry of the NT Local Court. Exercising the powers of the Registrar of the NT Local Court, a registry officer registers the order under the NT’s restraining orders laws.