Domestic Violence Orders (National Recognition) Act 2016
20Licences, permits and other authorisations
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20 Licences, permits and other authorisations
(1) A law of Tasmania (a relevant law) that restricts the grant of an authorisation, or that authorises or requires an authorisation to be suspended or revoked, if a person is or has been subject to a local DVO extends to a person who is or has been subject to any non-local DVO that is a recognised DVO (as if the non-local DVO were a local DVO).
(2) For the purposes of a relevant law –
(a) a non-local DVO that is a final DVO is to be treated in the same way as a local DVO that is a final DVO; and
(b) a non-local DVO that is an interim DVO is to be treated in the same way as a local DVO that is an interim DVO.
(3) In this section –
authorisation includes a licence or permit;
grant includes issue.