Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If an appeal is lodged under Division 9 of Part 4 against a decision to make a final order in respect of a respondent—
(a) the operation of a counselling order in respect of the respondent is stayed for any period during which the operation of the whole of the final order is stayed; and
(b) a counselling order in respect of the respondent ceases to be in force if the effect of the appeal is that the final order ceases to be in force—
unless the court hearing the appeal makes an order to the contrary.
(2) A counselling order in respect of a respondent does not otherwise cease to be in force merely because the final order in respect of the respondent ceases to be in force.
Division 3—Procedures relating to counselling orders