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TASMANIA
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FAMILY VIOLENCE AMENDMENT BILL 2005
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 31 amended (Procedure in relation to hearing and
determining applications)
[Bill 80]-IX
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FAMILY VIOLENCE AMENDMENT BILL 2005
(Brought in by the Minister for Justice and Industrial
Relations, the Honourable Judith Louise Jackson)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Family Violence Act 2004
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Family Violence
Amendment Act 2005.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Family Violence Act 2004* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
*No. 67 of 2004
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s. 4 No. Family Violence Amendment 2005
4. Section 31 amended (Procedure in relation to
hearing and determining applications)
Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after subsection (2) the following
subsection:
(2A) At the hearing of an application made by
a person other than a police officer -
(a) under Part 3; or
(b) under Part 4, in respect of an
FVO which was made on the
application of a police officer -
the Commissioner of Police -
(c) is taken to be a party; and
(d) may make submissions for or
against the application; and
(e) may examine and cross-examine
witnesses.
4 Government Printer, Tasmania