FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2004
- Act 67 of 2004 - Royal Assent 17 December 2004Table of Provisions
Long TitlePART 1 - Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Objects of Act
- 4 Interpretation
- 5 Meaning of "court"
- 6 Act to prevail
PART 2 - Family violence offences
- 7 Family violence
- 8 Economic abuse
- 9 Emotional abuse or intimidation
- 9A Limitation period for offences under section 8 or 9
- 10 Power of police to enter certain premises
- 11 Arrest and detention
- 12 Bail
- 13 Sentencing factors
- 13A Recording of family violence offences
- 13B Effect of failure to submit evidence
- 13C Limited liability of affected person for instigating, &c., breach of protection order
PART 3 - Police family violence orders
- 14 Police family violence orders
PART 4 - Family violence orders
- 15 Application for FVO
- 16 Family violence orders
- 17 Issue of replacement residential tenancy agreement
- 18 Matters to be considered in making FVO
- 19 Period of FVO
- 20 Variation, extension and revocation of FVO
- 21 Issue of warrants in respect of application
- 22 FVO by consent
- 23 Court may make interim order
- 24 Alternative orders
- 25 When order takes effect
- 25A Powers of court to remand in custody, admit to bail, &c.
- 26 Application for registration of external family violence order
- 27 Registration of external family violence order
- 28 Effect of registration of external family violence order
- 29 Variation, &c., of registered external family violence order
PART 5 - Miscellaneous
- 30 Forms of FVO, PFVO and applications
- 31 Procedure in relation to hearing and determining applications
- 32 Restriction of publication of names of parties, &c.
- 33 Orders subject to Family Court order
- 34 Costs
- 35 Contravention of FVO or PFVO
- 36 Power to make orders at hearing of complaint for offence
- 37 Information sharing
- 38 Informing of concern about family violence
- 39 Protection from liability for voluntary or mandatory information
- 39A Section 39A
- 40 Regulations
- 41 Administration
- 42 Transitional provisions
- 43 Review of Act
- 44 Section 44 SCHEDULE 1
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