Norfolk Island Applied Laws Ordinance 2016
84Appeals relating to apprehended violence orders
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84 Appeals relating to apprehended violence orders
(1) An appeal may be made to the Supreme Court: (a) by the defendant against the making of a final apprehended violence order by the Court of Petty Sessions; or (b) by the applicant for a final apprehended violence order (or, if the applicant was a police officer, by either the applicant or the person for whose protection the order would have been made) against the dismissal of the application by the Court of Petty Sessions; or (c) by the applicant for an apprehended violence order or a defendant against the awarding of costs under section 99; or (d) by a party to an apprehended violence order against the variation or revocation of the order by the Court of Petty Sessions; or (e) by a party to an apprehended violence order against a refusal by the Court of Petty Sessions to vary or revoke the order; or (f) by a party to a non‑local domestic violence order against the variation or revocation of the order by the Court of Petty Sessions or against a refusal of the Court of Petty Sessions to vary or revoke the order. (2) Sections 231, 232 and 234 of the Court of Petty Sessions Act 1960 of Norfolk Island apply in relation to an appeal under this section in the same way as they apply in relation to an appeal under section 229 of that Act.
56 Subsection 85(2)
Omit “original court”, substitute “Court of Petty Sessions”.
57 Subsection 85(3)
Omit “District Court”, substitute “Supreme Court”.
58 Subsection 85(4)
Omit “of this Act and section 63 of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001”.
59 Subsection 85(5)
Omit “section 14 of the Bail Act 2013”, substitute “the Bail Act 2005 of Norfolk Island”.
60 Subsection 85(5)
Omit “Bail Act 2013” (second occurring), substitute “Bail Act 2005 of Norfolk Island”.
61 Subsection 85(6)
Repeal the subsection.
62 Subsection 86(2)
Omit “Civil Procedure Act 2005”, substitute “Court Procedures Act 2007 of Norfolk Island or the Court of Petty Sessions Act 1960 of Norfolk Island”.
63 Subsection 86(3)
Omit “legal costs legislation (as defined in section 3A of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014)”, substitute “Legal Profession Act 1993 of Norfolk Island”.
64 Subsection 87(1)
Omit “Local Court or the President of the Children’s Court”, substitute “Court of Petty Sessions”.
65 Paragraph 87(1)(b)
Omit “by means of an ECM system within the meaning of the Electronic Transactions Act 2000”, substitute “electronically”.
66 Subsection 87(2)
Omit “court’s internet website”, substitute “internet”.