New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 25

25 Application by telephone, facsimile or other communication device

(1) A police officer may apply by telephone, facsimile or other communication device--

(a) to an authorised officer or senior police officer for an interim apprehended domestic violence order, or

(b) to an authorised officer for an interim apprehended personal violence order.

(2) In this Act--

(a) an interim apprehended domestic violence order or an interim apprehended personal violence order made on an application under this section is referred to as a
"provisional order" , and

(b) the police officer who applies for a provisional order is referred to as the
"applicant officer" , and

(c) the authorised officer or senior police officer who makes a provisional order is referred to as the
"issuing officer" .

(3) An application for a provisional order--

(a) may be made at the request of the protected person or on the applicant officer's own initiative, and

(b) may be transmitted to the authorised officer or senior police officer by another person on behalf of the applicant officer if it is not practicable for the application to be made by the applicant officer by telephone, facsimile or other communication device directly to the authorised officer or senior police officer.