Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) If an application for an intervention order has been made, the court may make an interim order if satisfied that it is necessary to ensure the safety of the affected person or to preserve any property of the affected person pending the hearing and determination of the application.
(2) The court may make an interim order whether or not a copy of the application for the intervention order has been served on the respondent.
(3) An interim order may include any restrictions or prohibitions that may be imposed on the respondent by a final order, including a restriction or prohibition of a kind referred to in section 8(1), other than cancelling a firearms authority.
(4) Except in the case of an application made under section 14 by telephone or facsimile machine, the court must not make an interim order unless the application is supported by oral evidence.
(5) An interim order made in the absence of the respondent only operates until the time specified in the order or until a further order of the court is made.