Domestic Violence Orders (National Recognition) Act 2017

Part 2 applies to a DVO made in another participating jurisdiction that is a recognised DVO in that jurisdiction under the corresponding law for that jurisdiction.

To avoid doubt, section 11 extends to the following DVOs —

an interstate DVO that was made in another participating jurisdiction before the commencement day that is a recognised DVO in that jurisdiction;

a foreign order that became a registered foreign order in another participating jurisdiction before the commencement day that is a recognised DVO in that jurisdiction.

Sections 12 and 13 extend to a variation or cancellation of a DVO referred to in subsection (2), that was done in a participating jurisdiction before the commencement day, as if the DVO were a recognised DVO.

However, a non‑local DVO, and any variation to a non‑local DVO, does not become enforceable against the person bound by the DVO in this jurisdiction, under this Act, until the commencement day (even if the making of the DVO, or variation, was properly notified before that day).