Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Protection Against Family Violence
66. Saving and transitional provisions
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The Minister may, by rules made under section 180, prescribe provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the replacement of the former Part 7 with this Part.
Without limiting subsection (1), rules made for the purpose of that subsection may —
provide that a pending application is deemed, from the appointed date, to be an application for an order under this Part;
provide that an order made on or after the appointed date in a pending application is deemed to be an order made under this Part;
provide that an existing order is deemed, from the appointed date, to be an order made under this Part;
modify how this Part applies to an existing order or a pending application; or
prescribe the persons who may apply to vary, suspend or revoke an existing order.
Family Justice Rules may provide for the substitution of an applicant for the variation, suspension or revocation of an existing order.
applicant
“applicant” means a person who makes a maintenance enforcement application;
In this section —
“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 2 of the Women’s Charter (Family Violence and Other Matters) (Amendment) Act 2023;
“existing order” means an order under the former Part 7 that is in effect immediately before the appointed date;
“former Part 7” means Part 7 of this Act in force immediately before the appointed date;
“pending application” means an application under the former Part 7 that is pending immediately before the appointed date.