Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

FAMILY AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 10 OF 2017) - SECT 61

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Division 9.3A     Registration of foreign orders

134A     Applications for registration of foreign orders

    (1)     A person may apply to the registrar for registration of a foreign order.

Note      If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004

, s 8 for an application, the form must be used.

    (2)     The application must be accompanied by the foreign order or a certified copy of the order.

134B     Registration of foreign orders

    (1)     On receiving an application under section 134A, the registrar must register the foreign order.

    (2)     If the registrar registers a foreign order, the registrar must—

        (a)     give the chief police officer a copy of—

              (i)     the application for registration; and

              (ii)     the foreign order; and

        (b)     tell the court that made the foreign order, in writing, that the order has been registered.