Family Violence Act 2016
130Costs—non-local FVO
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130 Costs—non-local FVO (1) A non-local FVO, to the extent that it requires the payment of money, cannot be enforced in the ACT. (2) The recognition of an FVO made in another jurisdiction does not confer power on an ACT court or tribunal to award costs in relation to a proceeding relating to the FVO that occurred in another (3) This section does not prevent a court or tribunal awarding costs in relation to a proceeding in the ACT relating to the amendment or revocation of a recognised FVO. Division 9.3 Amendment and revocation of recognised non-local FVOs 131 Meaning of court—div 9.3 court means an ACT court that has power to make local FVOs. 132 Power of court to amend or revoke recognised non-local FVOs (1) A court may amend or revoke a recognised FVO that is a non-local FVO in accordance with this division as if the FVO were a local FVO. (2) A court cannot amend or revoke a non-local FVO if it is a kind of FVO that cannot be amended or revoked by a court in the jurisdiction in which the FVO was made. (3) An amendment or revocation of a recognised FVO that is done under this division is not limited in its operation to the ACT. (4) To remove any doubt, if a court amends a recognised FVO that was made in another jurisdiction, the other jurisdiction continues to be treated, for this part, as the jurisdiction in which the FVO was made.
Amendment and revocation of recognised non-local FVOs Division 9.3