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Crimes Amendment (Apprehended
Violence Orders) Bill 1997
Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.*
(a)
to require a person who applies for, or for a variation of, an
apprehended violence order (an AVO), to inform the court of any
relevant family contact order that has been made or is being sought
(that is, of any order relating to contact with children of the parties
made pursuant to the Family Act 1975 of the Commonwealth),
and
(b)
to require a court, in deciding whether or not to make or vary an AVO,
to consider whether contact with any children of the parties is relevant
to the making or variation of the AVO and to have regard to any
relevant family contact order of which it has been informed.
This Bill is part of a package of model Commonwealth/State provisions
agreed to by the Standing Committee of Attorneys General to resolve
possible conflicts between family contact orders and AVOs.
Amended in committee--see table at end of volume.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on a day to
be appointed by proclamation.
Clause 3 is a formal provision giving effect to the amendment to the
Act 1900 set out in Schedule 1 .
Schedule 1
Amendment
Schedule 1 contains the amendment to the Crimes Act 1900 described above.
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