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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.172Meaning of local order
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### sec.172 Meaning of local order
A local order means a domestic violence order, police protection direction, police protection notice or release conditions.
A registered New Zealand order is not a local order even though, under section 176 (1)(a), it is taken to have been made in Queensland.
s 172 sub 2016 No. 51 s 57
amd 2025 No. 18 s 29