Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) An applicant for a protection order must tell the Magistrates Court about any relevant family contact order, or a pending application for a family contact order, that the applicant is aware of.
(2) The failure of the applicant to comply with subsection (1) does not affect the validity of the protection order.
Note about relationship with Family Law Act
The Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth), pt 7, divs 1 and 11 deal with the relationship between family violence orders and orders or injunctions mentioned in that Act, s 68P (1) (a). In particular, s 60CF imposes an obligation on certain people to inform the court of any family violence orders (including domestic violence orders) and under s 68Q certain people may apply for a declaration of the extent to which an order or injunction mentioned in s 68P (1) (a) is inconsistent with a family violence order.
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