INTERVENTION ORDERS (PREVENTION OF ABUSE) ACT 2009 - SECT 29K

INTERVENTION ORDERS (PREVENTION OF ABUSE) ACT 2009 - SECT 29K

29K—Contravention of enforceable recognised DVO

        (1)         A non-local DVO that is a recognised DVO and which is enforceable against a defendant in this jurisdiction may be enforced in this jurisdiction—

            (a)         as if it were a local DVO; and

            (b)         as if the defendant had been properly notified of the making of the DVO under this Act.

        (2)         A recognised variation to a non-local DVO that is a recognised DVO and which is enforceable in this jurisdiction may be enforced in this jurisdiction as if it were a variation to a local DVO.

        (3)         A recognised variation to a recognised DVO made in another jurisdiction that is enforceable against the defendant in this jurisdiction may be enforced as if the defendant had been properly notified of the variation under this Act.

        (4)         This section does not affect any law of this jurisdiction that requires a territorial nexus to exist between this jurisdiction and an offence for a person to be guilty of an offence under the law of this jurisdiction.