Cross-border Justice Act 2009
81Registration of WA restraining orders under NT law
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81 Registration of WA restraining orders under NT law A registrar of the Local Court may register a WA restraining order in another participating jurisdiction if: proceeding of a prescribed court of Western Australia for which the person against whom the order was made had a jurisdiction; or made ordinarily resides in the other jurisdiction. Examples for section 81 1 A WA magistrate sitting in a place in WA makes a restraining order under WA's restraining orders laws. For the proceeding, the person against whom the order is made had a connection with the NT/WA region. The registry at the place is a registry of the NT Local Court. Exercising the powers of a registrar of that Court, a registrar registers the order under the NT's
Cross-border Justice Act 2009 43 2 A WA magistrate sitting in a place in WA makes a restraining order under WA's restraining orders laws. The person for whose benefit the order is made ordinarily resides in WA. The registry at the place is a registry of the NT Local Court. Exercising the powers of a registrar of that Court, a registrar registers the order under the NT's restraining orders laws.