FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 221 Acts committed before commencement day relevant

FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 221

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     after the commencement day, a person (the  first person ) applies for a family violence intervention order against another person (the second person ); and

        (b)     before the commencement day, the first person and second person were not considered family members under the repealed Act.

    (2)     Family violence committed before the commencement day may be taken into account by the court in deciding whether to make a family violence intervention order for the first person against the second person.