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1996/142 Domestic Violence Act Commencement Order 1996 PURSUANT to sections 1(2) and 1(3) of the Domestic Violence Act 1995, His Excellency the Governor­General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the fol­ lowing order.

1 2 3 1 2 Contents Title Interpretation Commencement of Domestic Violence Act 1995 Schedule Public register provisions Page 1 1 1 2 Title This order may be cited as the Domestic Violence Act Com­ mencement Order 1996.
Interpretation In this order,— (a) The term the Act means the Domestic Violence Act 1995: Expressions deﬁned in the Act have the meanings as deﬁned.
(b) 3 (1) Commencement of Domestic Violence Act 1995 Subject to subclause (2) of this clause, the Act, other than— (a) Part 6; and 1 Schedule Domestic Violence Act Commencement Order 1996 1996/142 (2) (b) Section 29, except to the extent that it comes into force, by virtue of section 30(1) of the Act, on the date ap­ pointed by this order,— shall come into force on the 1st day of July 1996.
Part 6 of the Act shall come into force on the 1st day of July 1996, but sections 108 to 120 of the Act shall come into force on that date only for the purposes of the public registers main­ tained pursuant to the public register provisions speciﬁed in the Schedule to this order.
Schedule Public register provisions cl 3(2) Enactment Public Register Provision Incorporated Societies Act 1908 Section 33 Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1908 Section 3D Industrial and Provident Societies Amendment Act 1952 Companies Act 1955 Marriage Act 1955 Insolvency Act 1967 Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 Sections 20 and 26 Sections 7, 105, 111, 118, 119, 128, and 200 Section 7 Section 118 Sections 7B, 7BA, 7BB, 7BC, and 7BD Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Act 1982 Sections 5, 40, and 130 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986 Section 18 Motor Vehicle Securities Act 1989 Section 5 2 1996/142 Domestic Violence Act Commencement Order 1996 Enactment Electoral Act 1993 Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 1995 Public Register Provision Sections 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 211, and 212 Sections 5, 7(2), 8, 24, 25, 34, 36, 48(3), 50, 53, 56, and 58 Dog Control Act 1996 Section 34 MARIE SHROFF, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order brings into force, on 1 July 1996, the Domestic Violence Act 1995.
There are two qualiﬁcations to the Act coming into force on that date: Section 29 of the Act, which relates to court registrars au­ (a) thorising the provision of programmes for protected persons, comes into force only in respect of persons who are not chil­ dren, ie persons who are 17 years of age or older; and Sections 108 to 120 of the Act come into force on that date only for the purposes of the public registers maintained under the public register provisions listed in the Schedule to the order.
This means that directions under Part 6 of the Act about the non­disclosure of information relating to a protected person’s whereabouts can be made only in respect of information on those registers.

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

3 Domestic Violence Act Commencement Order 1996 1996/142 Date of notiﬁcation in Gazette: 13 June 1996.

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