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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Discharge and miscellaneous orders - Protection orders

123F: Protection order to be sent to Family Court

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"The court sends a copy of your protection order to the Family Court near your home."

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When a court issues a protection order under section 123E, it must send a copy to the Family Court nearest to where you live if you are the victim. The court does this right away. The Family Court then keeps a record of the order.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Discharge and miscellaneous orders: Protection orders

123FProtection order to be sent to Family Court

  1. Immediately after the issue of a protection order in accordance with section 123E, the court must send a copy of the order to the Family Court nearest to where the victim of the offence resides.

  2. On receipt of a copy of an order under subsection (1), the Registrar of the Family Court must enter the order in the records of the Family Court.

Notes
  • Section 123F: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Sentencing Amendment Act (No 2) 2009 (2009 No 44).