Cross-border Justice Act 2008
Div 1Prescribing cross‑border regions
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Division 1 — Prescribing cross‑border regions
- Cross‑border regions to be prescribed 19
Division 2 — Connection with a cross‑border region
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Persons suspected of, alleged to have committed or found guilty of offences 19
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Persons against whom orders of prescribed courts are in force 20
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Connection for purposes of making restraining orders 22
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Persons serving sentences or carrying out orders in respect of offences or alleged offences 22
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Other persons required to do things 23
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Connections are not mutually exclusive 23
Division 3 — Proving connection with a cross‑border region
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Term used: proceeding 23
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Onus of proving person’s whereabouts at time of arrest 24
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Onus of proving person’s residency during cross‑border proceeding 24
Division 4 — Multiple cross‑border regions
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Application of this Division 24
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Office holders, prescribed courts, persons serving sentences 25
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Other persons required to do things 26