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Family Violence Protection Act 2008
227Transitional provisions—National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016
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227 Transitional provisions—National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016
(1) This section applies to a corresponding interstate order that, immediately before the commencement of section 77 of the **National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016**, was registered under Division 1 of Part 10.
(2) Despite the repeal of Division 1 of Part 10, this Act continues to apply in relation to the corresponding interstate order unless or until the earlier of the following occurs—
(a) the corresponding interstate order becomes a recognised DVO in the jurisdiction in which the interstate order was made;
(b) the corresponding interstate order is—
(i) declared to be a recognised DVO under section 39 of the **National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016**; or
(ii) declared by a registrar of a court of another participating jurisdiction to be a recognised DVO under a corresponding DVO recognition law.
(3) The corresponding interstate order is not a local DVO for the purposes of the **National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016**.
(4) On and after the corresponding interstate order becoming a recognised DVO or being declared to be a recognised DVO, the **National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016** applies in relation to the corresponding interstate order as if it were a non-local DVO that is a recognised DVO.
Pt 14 Div. 11 (Heading and ss 228–230A) inserted by No. 19/2017 s. 40.
Division 11—Family Violence Protection Amendment Act 2017
New s. 228 inserted by No. 19/2017 s. 40.