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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enforcement of a local DVO that has been revoked or varied as a result of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that the local DVO had been revoked or varied as a result of action in another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local DVO had not been revoked or varied as a result of action in another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superseded under this Part by an interstate DVO made in another jurisdiction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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