Registration of SA restraining orders under WA law
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 —
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
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.
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