Domestic Violence Orders (National Recognition) Act 2017

cancel includes revoke;

corresponding law means a law of another jurisdiction that —

court, of another participating jurisdiction, includes a registrar of that court;

domestic violence concern — see section 9;

DVO 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 —

former RO Act means the Restraining Orders Act 1997 as in force before 1 July 2017;

general violence order — see section 8;

interim DVO means a DVO that is of an interim or provisional nature and, to avoid doubt, includes —

interstate DVO — see section 6;

interstate law enforcement agency means —

issuing authority means a court or person with power to make, vary or cancel a DVO under the law of a participating jurisdiction;

issuing jurisdiction, in relation to 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 Force of this jurisdiction;

make includes issue;

New Zealand DVO means an order made under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 (New Zealand) or under an Act repealed by that Act;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 —

person bound by an order means the person against whom the order is made;

properly notified — see section 17;

protected person means a person for whose protection or benefit a DVO is made;

recognised DVO — see sections 11 and 39;

recognised variation — see section 12;

registered foreign order — see section 7;

vary a DVO includes the following —