Domestic Violence Orders (National Recognition) Act 2016

In this Act – corresponding law means a law of another jurisdiction that – contains provisions that substantially correspond with this Act; or is declared by the regulations to be a corresponding law for the purposes of this Act; defendant means the person against whom a DVO is made; domestic violence concern– see section 8;DVO(or domestic violence order) means a local DVO, an interstate DVO or a foreign order; final DVO means a DVO that is not an interim DVO; foreign order means a New Zealand DVO; general violence order means – an intervention order under the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 of South Australia; or a violence restraining order under the Restraining Orders Act 1997 of Western Australia, other than – a violence restraining order made under section 11B of that Act; or a police order under that Act; interim DVO means a DVO that is of an interim or provisional nature and, to avoid doubt, includes the following:any DVO made by a police officer (other than a police family violence order (PFVO) under the Family Violence Act 2004); an emergency order under the Domestic Violence and Protection Orders Act 2008 of the Australian Capital Territory; a temporary protection order under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 of Queensland; any DVO declared by the regulations to be an interim DVO; interstate DVO– see section 6; interstate law enforcement agency means – the Police Force of another jurisdiction; or any other agency of another jurisdiction responsible for the enforcement of DVOs in that jurisdiction; issuing authority means a court or person with power to make, vary or revoke a DVO under the law of a participating jurisdiction; issuing jurisdiction for a DVO means the jurisdiction in which the DVO is made; jurisdiction means a State or Territory; local DVO– see section 5; local law enforcement agency means – the Police Service of Tasmania; or any other agency responsible for the enforcement of DVOs in Tasmania; make includes issue;New Zealand DVO means an order made under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 of New Zealand or under an Act repealed by that Act; non-local DVO means an interstate DVO or a foreign order; participating jurisdiction means the following jurisdictions:Tasmania; a jurisdiction in which a corresponding law is enacted; properly notified– see section 16; protected person means a person for whose protection or benefit a DVO is made; recognised DVO– see sections 10 and 39; recognised variation– see section 11; registered foreign order– see section 7; revoke includes cancel; vary a DVO includes the following:amend or modify the DVO; add further conditions, prohibitions or restrictions to the DVO or vary or delete conditions, prohibitions or restrictions; extend or reduce the period in which the DVO remains in force.

Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.