Victorian Current Acts

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER SCHEME ACT 2016

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Object of Act  

   PART 2--INTERPRETATION

   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Local DVO  
   6.      Interstate DVO  
   7.      Registered foreign order  
   8.      Domestic violence concerns—SA and WA orders  
   9.      Special provisions for foreign orders  

   PART 3--NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF DVOS

           Division 1--General principles

   10.     Recognition of DVOs  
   11.     Variations to DVO  
   12.     Revocation of recognised DVO  
   13.     Recognised DVO prevails over earlier comparable DVOs  
   14.     Making of new orders  

           Division 2--Enforcement of recognised DVOs

   15.     Recognised DVOs and variations are enforceable against respondent  
   16.     Properly notified—meaning  
   17.     Contravention of enforceable recognised DVO  

           Division 3--Enforcement of non-local DVOs

   18.     Non-local DVO to be treated as local DVO  
   19.     Recognition of disqualification to hold firearms licence  
   20.     Recognition of disqualification to hold weapons licence  
   21.     Orders for costs  

   PART 4--VARIATION AND REVOCATION OF RECOGNISED NON-LOCAL DVOS

   22.     Definition  
   23.     Power of court to vary or revoke recognised non‑local DVOs  
   24.     Application for variation or revocation of recognised non-local DVO  
   25.     Decision about hearing of application  
   26.     Children's Court may vary or revoke recognised non-local DVO on own motion  

   PART 5--EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

   27.     Victorian issuing authorities may obtain DVO information  
   28.     Victorian law enforcement agencies may obtain DVO information  
   29.     Information to be provided to interstate law enforcement agencies and issuing authorities  

   PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

   30.     Certificate evidence—notification  
   31.     Regulations  

   PART 7--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

           Division 1--Preliminary

   32.     Definition  
   33.     Enforcement of DVOs under other provisions  

           Division 2--DVOs to which scheme applies

   34.     DVOs made in Victoria  
   35.     DVOs made in other jurisdictions  

           Division 3--Extension of scheme to older DVOs

   36.     DVOs declared to be recognised DVOs  
   37.     DVOs declared to be recognised in other jurisdictions before commencement date  

           Division 4--Power to declare DVO to be recognised

   38.     Definitions  
   39.     Power to declare DVO to be recognised  
   40.     Application for order  
           ENDNOTES