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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
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### sec.176F Licences, permits and other authorisations
This section applies if a law of Queensland (a relevant law ) restricts the grant of an authorisation, or authorises or requires an authorisation to be suspended or revoked, if a person is or has been named as a respondent in a local order.
The relevant law applies to a person who is or has been named as a respondent in a recognised interstate order as if it were a local order.
For the purposes of a relevant law—
a recognised interstate order that is a final order is to be treated in the same way as a local order that is a final order; and
a recognised interstate order that is an interim order is to be treated in the same way as a local order that is an interim order.
This section applies subject to the Weapons Act .
See the Weapons Act , sections 27A , 28A , 29A , 29B and 34AA which provide for the impact on a person’s weapons licence, including the suspension or revocation of the licence, if the person is named as the respondent in a DVO, whether or not the DVO is a recognised interstate order.
See also the Weapons Act , sections 10B and 10C for how a DVO naming a person as a respondent affects whether the person is a fit and proper person to hold a weapon’s licence or to be a licensed dealer’s associate, whether or not the DVO is a recognised interstate order.
In this section—
authorisation includes a licence or permit.
grant includes issue.
s 176F ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
(sec.176F-ssec.1) This section applies if a law of Queensland (a relevant law ) restricts the grant of an authorisation, or authorises or requires an authorisation to be suspended or revoked, if a person is or has been named as a respondent in a local order.
(sec.176F-ssec.2) The relevant law applies to a person who is or has been named as a respondent in a recognised interstate order as if it were a local order.
(sec.176F-ssec.3) For the purposes of a relevant law— a recognised interstate order that is a final order is to be treated in the same way as a local order that is a final order; and a recognised interstate order that is an interim order is to be treated in the same way as a local order that is an interim order.
(sec.176F-ssec.4) This section applies subject to the Weapons Act . See the Weapons Act , sections 27A , 28A , 29A , 29B and 34AA which provide for the impact on a person’s weapons licence, including the suspension or revocation of the licence, if the person is named as the respondent in a DVO, whether or not the DVO is a recognised interstate order. See also the Weapons Act , sections 10B and 10C for how a DVO naming a person as a respondent affects whether the person is a fit and proper person to hold a weapon’s licence or to be a licensed dealer’s associate, whether or not the DVO is a recognised interstate order.
(sec.176F-ssec.5) In this section— authorisation includes a licence or permit. grant includes issue.
- (a) a recognised interstate order that is a final order is to be treated in the same way as a local order that is a final order; and
- (b) a recognised interstate order that is an interim order is to be treated in the same way as a local order that is an interim order.
- 1 See the Weapons Act , sections 27A , 28A , 29A , 29B and 34AA which provide for the impact on a person’s weapons licence, including the suspension or revocation of the licence, if the person is named as the respondent in a DVO, whether or not the DVO is a recognised interstate order.
- 2 See also the Weapons Act , sections 10B and 10C for how a DVO naming a person as a respondent affects whether the person is a fit and proper person to hold a weapon’s licence or to be a licensed dealer’s associate, whether or not the DVO is a recognised interstate order.