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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.176NRegistration of New Zealand order
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### sec.176N Registration of New Zealand order
If the clerk of the court is satisfied about the matters mentioned in section 176M (1) , the clerk must register the New Zealand order.
However, the clerk of the court may refer the New Zealand order to the court for adaptation or modification if—
the clerk believes it necessary to do so; or
the applicant asks the clerk of the court to do so.
The court may adapt or modify the New Zealand order for the purposes of its registration in a way that the court considers necessary or desirable for its effective operation in Queensland.
The clerk of the court must register the New Zealand order as adapted or modified.
A registered New Zealand order is registered for the period during which the order, as originally made, is in force.
A regulation may prescribe the way that the clerk of the court is to register a New Zealand order.
s 176N ins 2016 No. 51 s 57
(sec.176N-ssec.1) If the clerk of the court is satisfied about the matters mentioned in section 176M (1) , the clerk must register the New Zealand order.
(sec.176N-ssec.2) However, the clerk of the court may refer the New Zealand order to the court for adaptation or modification if— the clerk believes it necessary to do so; or the applicant asks the clerk of the court to do so.
(sec.176N-ssec.3) The court may adapt or modify the New Zealand order for the purposes of its registration in a way that the court considers necessary or desirable for its effective operation in Queensland.
(sec.176N-ssec.4) The clerk of the court must register the New Zealand order as adapted or modified.
(sec.176N-ssec.5) A registered New Zealand order is registered for the period during which the order, as originally made, is in force.
(sec.176N-ssec.6) A regulation may prescribe the way that the clerk of the court is to register a New Zealand order.
- (a) the clerk believes it necessary to do so; or
- (b) the applicant asks the clerk of the court to do so.