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Reprint as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 (SR 1996/150) Michael Hardie Boys, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 10th day of June 1996 Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to section 127 of the Domestic Violence Act 1995, His Ex- cellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regu- lations.
Contents 1 2 3 Title and commencement Interpretation Expenses of persons called before court under section 82 Page 2 2 2 Note Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Justice.
1 r 1 4 5 6 1 (1) (2) 2 3 (1) (2) Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Service of temporary protection order issued under section 124N of Act Information relating to issue of temporary protection order under section 124N of Act to be sent to Family Court Forms in relation to Part 6A of Act Schedule Forms Regulations 3 4 4 6 Title and commencement These regulations may be cited as the Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996.
These regulations shall come into force on 1 July 1996.

Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,— the term the Act means the Domestic Violence Act (a) 1995: expressions defined in the Act have the meanings so defined.
(b) Expenses of persons called before court under section 82 Subject to subclauses (2) and (3), every person attending a court upon a summons issued under section 82 of the Act is entitled to a sum for fees, allowances, and travelling ex- penses in accordance with the Witnesses and Interpreters Fees Regulations 1974 (SR 1974/124).

The court may, on application, disallow the whole or any part of that sum.
(3) No person (being a respondent or an associated respondent) who— (a) (b) is called before a court pursuant to section 41A(1)(a) or 42 of the Act; and attends the court upon a summons issued under section 82 of the Act— is entitled to fees or allowances or travelling expenses pur- suant to this regulation, unless the court is satisfied that, in 2 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 r 4 the special circumstances of the case, the payment of fees, al- lowances, and expenses, or any 1 or more of those things, is appropriate.
Regulation 3 heading: amended, on 3 August 2009, by regulation 4(1) of the Domestic Violence (General) Amendment Regulations 2009 (SR 2009/186).

Regulation 3(3)(a): amended, on 3 August 2009, by regulation 4(2) of the Do- mestic Violence (General) Amendment Regulations 2009 (SR 2009/186).

4 (1) Service of temporary protection order issued under section 124N of Act This regulation applies in respect of a temporary protection order issued under section 124N of the Act.
(2) An order must be served personally on the person against whom the order is issued by leaving it with that person or, if that person does not accept it, by putting it down in that person’s presence and bringing it to his or her attention.

(3) An order must be served by— (4) (5) a Registrar; or a bailiff; or a constable; or a party’s lawyer, or an agent of a party’s lawyer.
(a) (b) (c) (d) Service of the order may be proved— (a) (b) on oath before the court; or by an affidavit of service stating that the order has been served and the date, time, and mode of service.
If an order is served by a Registrar, bailiff, or constable, service may be proved— (a) by stating that the order has been served, and the date, time, and mode of service— (i) in an endorsement on the original order or a copy of it, which endorsement must be signed by the person who served the document; or in a certificate attached to the original order or a copy of it, which certificate must be signed by the person who served the document; or in either of the ways stated in subclause (4).
(ii) (b) Regulation 4: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 4 of the Domestic Violence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).

3 r 5 5 (1) Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Information relating to issue of temporary protection order under section 124N of Act to be sent to Family Court This regulation applies if a temporary protection order is is- sued under section 124N of the Act.
(2) As soon as possible after complying with section 124Q(1) of the Act, the District Court must send to the Registrar of the Family Court,— (a) if the person against whom the order is made has been served with a copy of the order, proof of service; and if the District Court has directed the person against whom the order is made to attend a specified pro- gramme, a copy of that direction; and if requested by the Registrar of the Family Court, copies of any other specified information relating to the issue of the order (which may include a copy of the Police safety order).
Regulation 5: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 4 of the Domestic Violence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).
Forms in relation to Part 6A of Act The forms set out in the Schedule are prescribed for the fol- lowing purposes: (a) form 1 for a Police safety order issued under section 124B(1) of the Act: form 2 for a warrant to arrest for contravening a Police safety order under section 124O(1)(a) and (2) of the Act: form 3 for the making of a complaint under section 124L(3) of the Act: form 4 for a summons served under section 124M(1)(b) of the Act: form 5 for a warrant to arrest issued under section 124M(3) of the Act: form 6 for a warrant issued under section 124O(1)(b) and (2) of the Act: form 7 for a temporary protection order made under section 124N(2)(b) of the Act.
(b) (c) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) 6 4 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 r 6 Regulation 6: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 4 of the Domestic Violence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).

5 Schedule Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Schedule Forms r 6 Schedule: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 5 of the Domestic Violence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).
Form 1 Police safety order Sections 124A, 124B, Domestic Violence Act 1995 To [full name, address, date of birth of person against whom the Police safety order is issued] This Police safety order is issued against you.

r 6(a) Purpose of order The purpose of this order is to ensure the protection of a person with whom you are, or have been, in a domestic relationship (a person at risk).
Person(s) at risk This order protects the following person(s) at risk: [Full name of person for whose safety the order is issued] *[Full name of each child residing with the person named above].

*Omit if it does not apply.

Commencement of order The order comes into force immediately after a copy has been served on you.

Duration of order This order continues in force for [number] days/hours*.

expires on [date, time].

*Select one.


It Effect of order You must immediately— (a) surrender to a constable— Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Schedule Form 1—continued (b) any weapon in your possession or control; and any firearms licence held by you: (i) (ii) vacate any land or building occupied by a person at risk, whether or not you have a legal or equitable interest in the land or building.
6 Conditions of order It is a condition of this order that you must not— (a) (b) physically or sexually abuse a person at risk; or threaten to physically or sexually abuse a person at risk; or damage, or threaten to damage, property of a person at risk; or engage, or threaten to engage, in other behaviour, including intimidation or harassment, that amounts to psychological abuse of a person at risk; or encourage any person to engage in behaviour against a person at risk, where the behaviour, if engaged in by you, would be prohibited by the order; or watch, loiter near, or prevent or hinder access to or from the place of residence, business, or employment of a person at risk, or an educational institution attended by a person at risk, or any other place that a person at risk visits often; or follow a person at risk about, or stop or accost a person at risk in any place; or (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (i) (h) where a person at risk is present on any land or building, enter or remain on that land or building in circumstances that constitute a trespass; or make any other contact with a person at risk (whether by telephone, electronic message, correspondence, or otherwise), except such contact as is reasonably neces- sary in any emergency.
7 Schedule Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Form 1—continued Include paragraph 7 if the person against whom the order is issued has a firearms licence.

7 8 9 Suspension of firearms licence On the issue of this order, and for the period that this order is in force,— (a) any firearms licence held by you is deemed to be sus- pended; and you are deemed, for all purposes, not to be the holder of a firearms licence.
(b) Suspension of parenting order or agreement While this order continues in force, the provisions of any par- enting order or agreement affording you day-to-day care of, or contact with, any child protected by this order are suspended.

Consequences of breach of order If you refuse or fail to comply with this order or any condition of this order, you may be taken into custody and brought before a District Court.

An application may then be made to bring you before a District Court.
A District Court may— (a) direct that another Police safety order be issued against you: issue under section 14 of the Domestic Violence Act 1995 a temporary protection order against you.

(b) Date: Issued by: Schedule form 1: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 5 of the Domestic Vio- lence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).
8 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Form 2 Warrant to arrest for contravening Police safety order Section 124O(1)(a) and (2), Domestic Violence Act 1995 To every constable/[full name], constable* *Select one.

Schedule r 6(b) On [date, time], a Police safety order was issued against [full name, address, date of birth].

On [date], [full name] refused or failed to comply with the order/conditions of the order* by [state details of refusal or failure].
*Select one.

I am/We are* satisfied that there are grounds for the issue of a warrant to arrest [full name].

*Select one.

I/We* direct you to arrest [full name] and bring him/her* be- fore a District Court as soon as possible.

*Select one.

For the purpose of executing this warrant, the constable exe- cuting it may at any time enter onto any premises, by force if necessary, if the constable has reasonable grounds to believe that [full name] is on those premises.
Date: Place: Signature: (District Court Judge/Justice(s) of the Peace/Community Magistrate(s)/Registrar/Deputy Registrar*) *Select one.

Schedule form 2: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 5 of the Domestic Vio- lence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).

Schedule form 2: amended, on 25 February 2012, by section 8(2) of the Do- mestic Violence Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 10).
9 Schedule Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Form 3 Complaint Section 124L(3), Domestic Violence Act 1995 r 6(c) I, [full name, address], constable, say on oath that— 1 On [date, time], a Police safety order was issued against [full name, address, date of birth].

On [date], [full name] refused or failed to comply with the order/conditions of the order* by [state details of refusal or failure].

*Select one.
*Select one.

The jurisdiction of the District Court is sought to make a di- rection or order under section 124N of the Domestic Violence Act 1995.

2 3 Signature of constable: Sworn at [place, date] Before me: [name, signature] (District Court Judge/Justice(s) of the Peace/Community Magistrate(s)/Registrar (not being a constable)*) *Select one.

Schedule form 3: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 5 of the Domestic Vio- lence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).
10 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Form 4 Police summons to appear before District Court Section 124M(1)(b) and (2), Domestic Violence Act 1995 Schedule r 6(d) To [full name, address, date of birth] 1 For this paragraph— • • select statement A if the person being summoned refused or failed to comply with a Police safety order; or select statement B if the person being summoned refused or failed to comply with the conditions of a Police safety order.
Statement A The complaint against you is that you refused or failed to com- ply with a Police safety order issued against you on [date] by [state details].

Statement B The complaint against you is that you refused or failed to com- ply with the conditions of a Police safety order issued against you on [date] by [state details].

You are summoned to appear personally before the District Court at [place, date, time] to answer the complaint.
2 Date: Signature of constable: Schedule form 4: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 5 of the Domestic Vio- lence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).

11 Schedule Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Form 5 Warrant to arrest for failure to attend District Court following summons Section 124M(3), Domestic Violence Act 1995 r 6(e) To every constable/[full name], constable* *Select one.
On [date], a complaint was made that [full name, address, date of birth] refused or failed to comply with a Police safety order/the conditions of a Police safety order* issued against him/her*.

*Select one.

On [date], a summons was served on [full name] under section 124M(2) of the Domestic Violence Act 1995 to appear person- ally before the District Court at [place, date, time] to answer the complaint.
[Full name] did not attend personally at the District Court at the place, date, and time specified in the summons.

I/We* direct you to arrest [full name] and bring him/her* be- fore a District Court as soon as possible.

*Select one.

For the purpose of executing this warrant, the constable exe- cuting it may at any time enter onto any premises, by force if necessary, if the constable has reasonable grounds to believe that [full name] is on those premises.
Date: Place: Signature: (District Court Judge/Justice(s) of the Peace/Community Magistrate(s)/Registrar/Deputy Registrar*) *Select one.

Schedule form 5: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 5 of the Domestic Vio- lence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).

Schedule form 5: amended, on 25 February 2012, by section 8(3) of the Do- mestic Violence Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 10).
12 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Form 6 Warrant to arrest for failing to attend adjourned proceedings Section 124O(1)(b) and (2), Domestic Violence Act 1995 To every constable/[full name], constable* *Select one.

Schedule r 6(f) On [date, time], a Police safety order was issued against [full name, address, date of birth].
On [date], the District Court at [place] was satisfied that [full name] had refused or failed to comply with that order and ad- journed the proceedings to enable a District Court Judge to consider whether a temporary protection order should be is- sued against [full name].

On [date of adjourned proceedings], [full name] did not attend personally at the adjourned proceedings.

I am/We are* satisfied that there are grounds for the issue of a warrant to arrest [full name].

*Select one.
*Select one.

For the purpose of executing this warrant, the constable exe- cuting it may at any time enter on to any premises, by force if necessary, if the constable has reasonable grounds to believe that [full name] is on those premises.

Date: Place: Signature: (District Court Judge/Justice(s) of the Peace/Community Magistrate(s)/Registrar/Deputy Registrar*) *Select one.
Schedule form 6: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 5 of the Domestic Vio- lence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).

Schedule form 6: amended, on 25 February 2012, by section 8(4) of the Do- mestic Violence Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 10).
13 Schedule Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Form 7 Temporary protection order Section 124N(2)(b), Domestic Violence Act 1995 r 6(g) In the District Court at [place] No: [number of proceeding] Applicant [Full name and address of person named in Police safety order for whose safety the order was issued] Respondent [Full name and address of person who the court is satisfied refused or failed to comply with the Police safety order] The court makes a temporary protection order against [full name of respondent].
Person(s) protected by the order This order protects the following person(s): [Full name of applicant] *[Full name of each child of the applicant’s family] *Omit if it does not apply.

*The court also directs that the order applies for the benefit of the following person(s): [Full name of each person in respect of whom the court makes a direction under section 16(2) of the Act] *Omit if it does not apply.
Conditions of order Standard conditions prohibiting domestic violence and contact It is a condition of this order that— (a) the respondent must not— (i) physically or sexually abuse any protected per- son; or 1 14 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Schedule Form 7—continued (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) threaten to physically or sexually abuse any pro- tected person; or damage, or threaten to damage, property of any protected person; or engage, or threaten to engage, in other be- haviour, including intimidation or harassment, that amounts to psychological abuse of any pro- tected person; or encourage any person to engage in behaviour against any protected person if that behaviour, if engaged in by the respondent, would be prohib- ited by the order; and (b) unless the protected person and the respondent are liv- ing in the same dwellinghouse with the express con- sent* of the protected person (which may be withdrawn at any time), the respondent must not— (i) watch, loiter near, or prevent or hinder access to or from any protected person’s place of resi- dence, business, employment, educational insti- tution, or any other place that any protected per- son visits often; or follow any protected person about, or stop or ac- cost any protected person in any place; or (iii) without the protected person’s express consent,* enter or remain on any land or building occupied by any protected person; or if any protected person is present on any land or building, enter or remain on that land or building in circumstances that constitute a trespass; or (iv) (ii) (v) make any other contact with any protected per- son (whether by telephone, electronic message, correspondence, or otherwise), except contact— that is reasonably necessary in any emer- (A) gency; or that is permitted under any order or written agreement relating to the role of providing (B) 15 Schedule Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Form 7—continued (C) (D) day-to-day care for, or access to, or contact with, or custody of, any minor; or that is permitted under any special condi- tion of this protection order; or that is necessary for the purposes of attend- ing a family group conference under the Children, Young Persons, and Their Fam- ilies Act 1989.
*The court may specify, in a special condition of a protection order, a person who may consent or withdraw consent on a protected person’s behalf.
2 Standard conditions relating to weapons It is also a condition of this order that the respondent— (a) must not possess, or have under his or her control, any weapon; and (b) must not hold a firearms licence; and (c) must,— (i) as soon as practicable after being served with a copy of this order, but in any case no later than 24 hours after that service; and on demand made, at any time, by any member of the Police,— (ii) surrender to a member of the Police— (iii) any weapon in his or her possession, or under his or her control, whether or not the weapon is lawfully in his or her possession or under his or her control; and any firearms licence held by him or her.
(iv) Note: The Domestic Violence Act 1995 defines a weapon as any firearm, airgun, pistol, restricted weapon, ammunition, or explosive, as those terms are defined in the Arms Act 1983.

16 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Schedule Form 7—continued Omit paragraph 3 if it does not apply.

3 Special conditions The court also imposes the following special conditions: [spe- cify].

Unless otherwise stated, these conditions last for the duration of this order.
Omit paragraph 4 if it does not apply.

4 Attendance at programme The court directs [full name of respondent] to attend the following programme: [name of programme and programme provider].

The respondent must attend the programme— for [number] sessions per month.

*(a) for 1 session per month and for any other session or *(b) sessions per month that the programme provider from time to time specifies.

for the number of sessions per month that the pro- gramme provider from time to time specifies.
*(c) *Select the paragraph that applies.

The respondent must attend the programme for the first time— *(a) on [date, time] at [place].

*(b) on a date and at a time and place to be advised by the programme provider as soon as practicable.

*Select the paragraph that applies.

Omit the following 2 headings and paragraphs if they do not apply.

Direction that hearing be held The court directs that there be a hearing in relation to the whole of this order/the following parts of this order*: [specify].
*Select one.

17 Schedule Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Form 7—continued Date of hearing I appoint [date, time] at the Family Court at [place] for this hearing.

Date: Registrar: Important information for respondent Effect of temporary protection order For this paragraph— • select statement A if the court has not directed that a hearing be held: select statement B if the court has directed that a hearing be held.

• Statement A This order is a temporary order.


If you do nothing after being served, this order will automatically become a final order 3 months after the date on which it was made.

If you wish to dispute this order, you must notify the Family Court at [place] as soon as possible.

Statement B This order is a temporary order.

The court has directed that a hearing be held in relation to the whole of this order/specified parts of this order* at the Family Court at [place].

*Select one.
*Select one.

This hearing will take place whether or not you wish to appear.

If you wish to dispute any part of the order, you must notify the Family Court at [place] as soon as possible.
If you do nothing, the Family Court may make a final order in your absence/the parts of the order in relation to which a hearing is not required will become final 3 months after the date on which this 18 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Schedule Form 7—continued order was made, and the Family Court may confirm the other parts of the order at the hearing*.

*Select one.
*Select one.

Effect of standard condition relating to weapons The effect of this condition is that any firearms licence held by you is automatically suspended as soon as this order is made.

If the order becomes final, the licence is automatically revoked.

However, you may apply to the Family Court at [place] to modify or discharge this condition (see below).
If you do not surrender to a member of the Police all weapons in your possession or under your control, and your firearms licence, within 24 hours after being served with this order, or on demand made by a constable, the Police may use their powers under the Arms Act 1983 to enter your property without warrant and search for and seize the weapons.

You may also be prosecuted for failing to comply with this order (see below).
Objection to direction to attend programme The court has directed you to attend a programme.

You have 5 days after you have been served with this order to notify the Family Court at [place] if you object to that direction.

If you do not make an objection within the 5-day period, and then fail to attend programme sessions, you may be prosecuted for failing to comply with this order (see below).
Prohibition on contact with protected person The effect of this order is to prohibit you from having contact with any protected person in any of the ways set out in the order.

This order may also contain special conditions relating to contact between you and a protected person.

You must read the terms of the order very carefully to find out what contact you may or may not have with any protected person.
If the protected person has expressly consented to living in the same dwellinghouse with you, the prohibition on contact and any special 19 Schedule Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Form 7—continued condition that is inconsistent with living in the same dwellinghouse are suspended.

The protected person may withdraw that consent at any time.
If that happens (and this order has not in the meantime been discharged or varied), you must comply with all the standard conditions and special conditions of the order.

Note that the special conditions of this order may specify who is en- titled to consent (or withdraw consent) on behalf of a protected per- son.

Modification or discharge of this order You or a protected person may apply to a Family Court at any time— for the modification or discharge of the standard condition re- (a) lating to weapons.
(The Family Court may make a change to this standard condition only if it is satisfied that the condition, or a term of the condition, is not needed to protect the persons for whose benefit this order applies from further domestic vio- lence): for a variation or discharge of any special conditions of this order, or for the imposition of a new special condition: for the variation or discharge of a direction to attend a pro- gramme, or for that direction to be made: for this order to be discharged.
(b) (d) (c) Consequences of breach of this order You commit an offence if you breach the order by— doing an act in contravention of this order; or (a) failing to comply with any condition in this order.

(b) You have a defence to proceedings for this offence if you can prove that you had a reasonable excuse for breaching the order.

The maximum penalty for this offence is 2 years’ imprisonment.

If a constable has good cause to suspect that you have breached this order, you may be arrested without warrant.
Police bail is not avail- able during the 24 hours immediately following an arrest.

During that period, any bail application must be made to a Judge.

20 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Schedule Form 7—continued Consequences of failing to comply with direction You commit an offence if, without reasonable excuse, you fail on any occasion to comply with a direction to attend a programme.
The maximum penalty for this offence is 6 months’ imprisonment or a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Advice If you need help, consult a lawyer or contact a Family Court office immediately.

Office hours The office of a Family Court is open from 9 am to 5 pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.
Important information for protected persons Effect of temporary protection order For this paragraph— • select statement A if the court has not directed that a hearing be held: select statement B if the court has directed that a hearing be held.

• Statement A This order is a temporary order.

If the respondent does nothing after being served, this order will auto- matically become a final order 3 months after the date on which it was made.

You will then be sent a copy of the final order.


The respondent may, however, give notice that he or she wishes to dispute this order.

In that case, a hearing will be held and you will be notified of the hearing date.

Statement B This order is a temporary order.


The court has directed that a hearing be held in relation to the whole of this order/specified parts of this order* at the Family Court at 21 Schedule Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Form 7—continued [place].

*Select one.
*Select one.

You are entitled to appear or be represented at the hearing to present your case to satisfy the Family Court at [place] that the order must be made final/the parts of the order in relation to which the hearing is required must be part of the final order.
If the respondent does nothing, the parts of the order in relation to which a hearing is not required will become final 3 months after the date on which this order was made, and the Family Court may confirm the other parts of the order at the hearing*.

*Select one.

Respondent prohibited from contact with you The effect of this order is to prohibit the respondent from having contact with you in any of the ways set out in the order.
This order may also contain special conditions relating to contact between you and the respondent.

If you expressly consent to living in the same dwellinghouse with the respondent, the prohibition on contact and any special condition that is inconsistent with living in the same dwellinghouse are suspended.

You may withdraw that consent at any time.


If that happens (and this order has not in the meantime been discharged or varied), the respondent must comply with all the standard conditions and special conditions of the order.

Note that the special conditions of this order may specify who is en- titled to consent (or withdraw consent) on behalf of a protected per- son.
Standard condition relating to weapons The effect of this condition is that any firearms licence held by the re- spondent is automatically suspended as soon as this order is made.

If the order becomes final, the licence is automatically revoked.

How- ever, this condition may be modified or discharged by the Family Court (see below).
22 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Schedule Form 7—continued Attendance at programme You may request to attend a programme, or that any child protected by the order attend a programme, or that both you and a child pro- tected by the order attend a programme.

If you wish to make such a request you may do so by contacting the Registrar of the Family Court.
Any other adult person protected by the order can also request to attend a programme by contacting the Registrar of the Family Court.

Modification or discharge of this order You or the respondent may apply to a Family Court at any time— (a) for the modification or discharge of the standard condition re- lating to weapons.
(The Family Court may make a change to this standard condition only if it is satisfied that the condition, or a term of the condition, is not needed to protect the persons for whose benefit this order applies from further domestic vio- lence): for a variation or discharge of any special conditions of this order, or for the imposition of a new special condition: for the variation or discharge of a direction that the respondent attend a programme, or for that direction to be made: for this order to be discharged.
(d) If the respondent makes any of these applications, you will be notified and have an opportunity to dispute the application.

(b) (c) does any act in contravention of this order; or fails to comply with any condition in this order.

Consequences of breach of this order The respondent commits an offence if he or she— (a) (b) The respondent will have a defence to proceedings for this offence if it can be proved that he or she had a reasonable excuse for breaching the order.
The maximum penalty for this offence is 2 years’ imprisonment.

If a constable has good cause to suspect that the respondent has breached the order, the respondent may be arrested without warrant.

Police bail is not available during the 24 hours immediately follow- 23 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Form 7—continued ing an arrest.

During that period, the respondent may apply to a Judge for bail.
Consequences of failing to comply with direction The respondent commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he or she fails on any occasion to comply with a direction to attend a programme.

The maximum penalty for this offence is 6 months’ imprisonment or a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Advice If you need help, consult a lawyer or contact a Family Court office immediately.

Office hours The office of a Family Court is open from 9 am to 5 pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.
Schedule form 7: added, on 1 July 2010, by regulation 5 of the Domestic Vio- lence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121).

Marie Shroff, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 13 June 1996.


24 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Notes Contents 1 2 3 4 General Status of reprints How reprints are prepared Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) 5 Notes 1 2 3 General This is a reprint of the Domestic Violence (General) Regula- tions 1996.
The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 25 February 2012, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order.

For more information, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/.
Status of reprints Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment.

This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.
This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the prin- cipal enactment and its amendments are contained.

How reprints are prepared A number of editorial conventions are followed in the prep- aration of reprints.

For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked 25 Notes Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 are omitted.
For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.
Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.

Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.
A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000.

Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing.

To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legisla- tion reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.
In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the au- thority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint: • omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”) typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point) layout of provisions, including: • • indentation position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section) format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks) format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”) • • • • 4 26 Reprinted as at 25 February 2012 Domestic Violence (General) Regulations 1996 Notes • • • • • • • position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act) punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions) Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly case and appearance of letters and words, including: • format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial cap- ital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter) small capital letters in section and subsection ref- erences are now capital letters • schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accord- ingly running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page) format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chrono- logical).
List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) Domestic Violence Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 10): section 8 Domestic Violence (General) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/121) Domestic Violence (General) Amendment Regulations 2009 (SR 2009/186) 5 12 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2012 27