Domestic Violence Orders (National Recognition) Act 2016
16Properly notified – meaning
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16 Properly notified – meaning
(1) The making of a local DVO is properly notified under the law of Tasmania –
(a) if the defendant is present before the court when the local DVO is made – on the making of the local DVO; or
(b) if the defendant is not present before the court when the local DVO is made – when the defendant is served personally with the local DVO or a copy of it; or
(c) in the case of a local DVO that is made by a police officer – when the local DVO is served on the person to whom it is issued and a copy sent to the Chief Clerk of Petty Sessions.
(2) The making of an interstate DVO is properly notified under the law of the jurisdiction in which it is made in the circumstances provided for by the corresponding law of that jurisdiction.
(3) A variation to a recognised DVO that is done in Tasmania is properly notified under the law of Tasmania –
(a) if the defendant is present before the court when the variation to the recognised DVO is done – on the making of the variation to the recognised DVO; or
(b) if the defendant is not present before the court when the variation to the recognised DVO is done – when the defendant is served personally with the variation to the recognised DVO or a copy of it.
(4) A variation to a recognised DVO that is done in another jurisdiction is properly notified under the law of that jurisdiction in the circumstances provided for by the corresponding law of that jurisdiction.