Domestic Violence Act 2018

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Amendment of Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996

47. The Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 is amended—

(a) in section 2(1) —

(i) by the deletion of the definition of “Act of 1996”, and

(ii) by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘Act of 2018’ means the Domestic Violence Act 2018;”,

(b) in section 11, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) :

“(a) a safety order, barring order, interim barring order or protection order under the Act of 2018,”,

and

(c) in section 15(1), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d) :

“(d) an order under section 6, 7, 8 or 10 of the Act of 2018,”.