8Domestic violence concerns – SA and WA orders

8 Domestic violence concerns – SA and WA orders

(1)  An intervention order under the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 of South Australia addresses a domestic violence concern if the order is made because it is reasonable to suspect that the defendant will, without intervention, commit an act of domestic abuse (within the meaning of that Act).

(2)  A violence restraining order under the Restraining Orders Act 1997 of Western Australia addresses a domestic violence concern if the order is made because the defendant has committed, or because it is feared the defendant will commit, an act of family and domestic violence (within the meaning of section 6 of that Act).

(3)  A general violence order is taken, for the purpose of this Act, to be an order that addresses a domestic violence concern if –

(a) it is declared to be an order that addresses a domestic violence concern by the issuing authority that makes the order; or

(b) a registrar of a court of the jurisdiction in which the order was made makes an order declaring the DVO to be a recognised DVO in that jurisdiction.

(4)  The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which an order made in a participating jurisdiction is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be an order that addresses a domestic violence concern.