Checklist · Family Violence & Protection Orders
National Domestic Violence Order Scheme checklist: recognition, enforcement and variation of interstate and foreign orders
Checklist for a client protected by, or bound by, a domestic violence order made in another Australian jurisdiction or registered from New Zealand: is it recognised in NSW, is it enforceable, and where to vary or revoke it.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- New South Wales, Australia, New Zealand
- AI use
- Yellow AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at
- 18 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 18 October 2026 against the 6 authorities it cites, for New South Wales, Australia and New Zealand.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a client moves to NSW with an order made in another state or territory, when police or a client query whether such an order can be enforced in NSW, or when a client asks to change an order made elsewhere. The section references are to the NSW Act; each participating jurisdiction has matching provisions.
How AI may be used
AI may extract order details from the copy of the order and fill the checklist facts; the lawyer decides recognition, enforceability and the right forum for each order.
AI may
- Extract the issuing jurisdiction, court, dates, parties and conditions from a copy of the order into the checklist
- Compare the conditions of two orders between the same parties and list the differences
- List the facts still needed, such as proof of service in the issuing jurisdiction
AI must not
- Must not decide whether an order is recognised, enforceable or properly notified
- Must not state the law of the issuing jurisdiction without the lawyer checking that jurisdiction’s Act
- Must not process the protected person’s residential address
The lawyer checks
- The order is a DVO made in a participating jurisdiction or a foreign order registered in one, and its date brings it within the scheme or a declaration (Part 13B Div 6)
- The defendant was properly notified under the law of the issuing jurisdiction, so the order is enforceable (ss 98ZD, 98ZE)
- Where two orders exist, which one prevails under s 98ZB, and the client is told
- The forum for any variation has been chosen with s 98ZO in mind, usually the issuing jurisdiction
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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