South Australian Current Acts

INTERVENTION ORDERS (PREVENTION OF ABUSE) ACT 2009 - SECT 15A

15A—Declaration that intervention order addresses domestic violence concern

        (1)         Whenever an issuing authority issues an intervention order, the issuing authority must decide whether the order addresses a domestic violence concern.

        (2)         If the order does address a domestic violence concern, the issuing authority must declare the order to be an order that addresses a domestic violence concern.

        (3)         The declaration must be included in the order.

        (4)         An intervention order will be taken to address a domestic violence concern for the purposes of Part 3A if the order is made because the defendant has committed, or because it is feared the defendant will commit, an act of domestic abuse.