Queensland Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 - SECT 224

224 Interstate orders

(1) Amended part 6 applies to an interstate order—

(a) that is a recognised interstate order under the corresponding law of the State in which the order was made; or

(b) declared to be a recognised interstate order under section 225 or the corresponding law of another participating jurisdiction.

(2) For subsection (1), it does not matter—

(a) whether the interstate order was made before or after the commencement; or

(b) if the interstate order is a registered foreign order registered in that jurisdiction—whether the order was registered before or after the commencement; or

(c) if the interstate order has been varied or revoked in the State in which it was made or in another participating jurisdiction—whether the variation or revocation was done before or after the commencement; or

(d) if the interstate order was declared to be a recognised interstate order under the corresponding law of another participating jurisdiction—whether the declaration was made before or after the commencement.

Note—

While amended part 6 may apply for an interstate order even if the interstate order was made before the commencement, a person will not commit an offence in Queensland for contravening the order unless the person's act or omission that contravenes the order occurs after the commencement. See the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 20C .