Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Regulation 2012
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Short title
This regulation may be cited as the
Domestic and Family Violence Protection Regulation 2012
.
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Commencement
This regulation commences on 17 September 2012.
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Publication of certain information is permitted—Act, s 159
(2)
(g)
(1)
For section 159
(2)
(g) of the Act, the publication is permitted if the publication is of information that relates to a proceeding—
(a)
that relates to a matter in the public domain; or
(b)
in which the community has a legitimate interest.
(2)
For subsection (1)
(a), a proceeding relates to a matter in the public domain if—
(a)
a domestic violence order was made in the proceeding—
(i)
against a person as a respondent; or
(ii)
for the benefit of a person as the aggrieved, or a relative or associate of the aggrieved; and
(b)
the person has later been convicted of an offence under another Act that was factually related to the domestic violence order.
(3)
For subsection (1)
(b), the community has a legitimate interest in a proceeding if an incident happens in which—
(a)
a respondent in the proceeding causes the death of, or injury to, the aggrieved or a named person in the proceeding and the incident results in the death of the respondent; or
(b)
the aggrieved or a named person in the proceeding causes the death of, or injury to, a respondent in the proceeding and the incident results in the death of the aggrieved or the named person.
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Registration of interstate order—Act, s 172
(7)
(1)
For section 172
(7) of the Act, the clerk of the court registers an interstate order by entering details of the order in a register kept by the clerk for registering interstate orders.
(2)
The clerk of the court must keep the register in a physical or electronic form.
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Prescribed laws—Act, schedule, definition interstate order
For the definition interstate order in the schedule of the Act, each of the following is a prescribed law—
(a)
the
Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007
(NSW);
(b)
the
Domestic and Family Violence Act
(NT);
(c)
the
Domestic Violence Act 1995
(NZ);
(d)
the
Domestic Violence and Protection Orders Act 2008
(ACT);
(e)
the
Family Violence Act 2004
(Tas);
(f)
the
Family Violence Protection Act 2008
(Vic);
(g)
the
Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009
(SA);
(h)
the
Justices Act 1959
(Tas);
(i)
the
Restraining Orders Act 1997
(WA);
(j)
the
Summary Procedure Act 1921
(SA).