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Domestic Violence Orders (National Recognition) Act 2016
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18 Penalty for contravention
For the purpose of working out the maximum penalty for an offence of contravening a recognised DVO, any previous contravention of a recognised DVO that constituted an offence is to be treated in the same way as a previous offence of contravening a local DVO.