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CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 98ZTA

Protection from liability where local DVO varied or revoked outside NSW

98ZTA Protection from liability where local DVO varied or revoked outside NSW

(1) Anything done or omitted to be done by a police officer in relation to the enforcement of a local DVO that has been revoked or varied as a result of action in another jurisdiction is taken to be lawfully done or omitted if--
(a) the police officer was not aware at the time the thing was done or omitted that the local DVO had been revoked or varied as a result of action in another jurisdiction, and
(b) the police officer acted in good faith on the basis of the information available to the police officer at the time the thing was done or omitted, and
(c) the thing would have been lawfully done or omitted if the local DVO had not been revoked or varied as a result of action in another jurisdiction.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a local DVO is revoked or varied as a result of action in another jurisdiction if--
(a) the local DVO is superseded under this Part by an interstate DVO made in another jurisdiction or a foreign order that is a registered foreign order in another jurisdiction, or
(b) the local DVO is revoked by a court of another jurisdiction and that revocation is recognised in New South Wales under this Part, or
(c) a variation to the local DVO is done in another jurisdiction and that variation is a recognised variation in New South Wales under this Part.



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