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FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2004

- Act 67 of 2004 - Royal Assent 17 December 2004

Table of Provisions

Long Title

PART 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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