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Family Violence Regulation 2017
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Family Violence Act 2016
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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Family Violence Regulation 2017, made under the Family Violence
Act 2016 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial
changes)) as in force on 25 November 2017. It also includes any commencement, repeal or
expiry affecting this republished law.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT
legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
• unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial amendments
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial
amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.
Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by
an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The
changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into
line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately
before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law
are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more
information, see the home page for this law on the register.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the
symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying
provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act
2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an
individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Contents
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1 Name of regulation 2
3 Notes 2
4 Prescribed jurisdictions—Act, s 115, definition of corresponding law 2
5 Interstate FVOs—Act, s 115, definition of interstate FVO, par (a) 2
6 Registered foreign orders—Act, s 115, definition of registered foreign
order, par (a) 3
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 5
2 Abbreviation key 5
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3 Legislation history 6
4 Amendment history 6
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1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Family Violence Regulation 2017.
3 Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this
regulation.
Note See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
4 Prescribed jurisdictions—Act, s 115, definition of
corresponding law
Each State is prescribed.
Note State includes the Northern Territory (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1).
5 Interstate FVOs—Act, s 115, definition of interstate FVO,
par (a)
The following are prescribed:
(a) an apprehended domestic violence order or an interim
apprehended domestic violence order under the Crimes
(Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW);
(b) a domestic violence order under the Domestic and Family
Violence Act 2007 (NT);
(c) a domestic violence order, police protection notice or release
conditions under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection
Act 2012 (Qld);
(d) an intervention order under the Intervention Orders (Prevention
of Abuse) Act 2009 (SA) that addresses a family violence
concern;
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(e) a family violence order (FVO), an interim FVO or a police
family violence order (PFVO) under the Family Violence
Act 2004 (Tas);
(f) a family violence intervention order or a family violence safety
notice under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic);
(g) the following orders under the Restraining Orders Act 1997
(WA):
(i) a family violence restraining order;
(ii) a violence restraining order made before 1 July 2017 that
addresses a family violence concern;
(iii) a police order.
Note Family violence concern—see the Act, s 116.
6 Registered foreign orders—Act, s 115, definition of
registered foreign order, par (a)
The following are prescribed:
(a) a registered external protection order under the Crimes
(Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW), part 13;
(b) a registered external order under the Domestic and Family
Violence Act 2007 (NT);
(c) a registered foreign order under the Domestic and Family
Violence Protection Act 2012 (Qld);
(d) a foreign intervention order registered under the Intervention
Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 (SA), part 4 other than
an order declared under that Act not to be a foreign intervention
order for that Act, part 3A;
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(e) an external family violence order registered under the Family
Violence Act 2004 (Tas), section 27;
(f) a corresponding New Zealand order registered under the Family
Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic), part 10;
(g) a foreign restraining order registered under the Restraining
Orders Act 1997 (WA), part 7A.
Endnotes
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law
but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details
of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are
underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired