Department of Justice

1. What an intervention order is

An intervention order (IVO) is a court order that protects a person from another person. It sets conditions the other person must follow and a stay-away distance they must keep.

2. Two kinds

• Family violence intervention order: where the people involved are family or in a relationship.
• Personal safety intervention order: for everyone else, such as a neighbour, a co-worker or a stranger.

3. Conditions and the stay-away distance

Every order sets a stay-away distance and conditions. In our courts the conditions are kept simple enough to roleplay and check: no contact, no approaching, no going to a stated place. The order is recorded on the protected person’s and the respondent’s records so police can see it.

4. Interim and final orders

The court can make an interim order to protect a person straight away. An interim order lasts until the final hearing, where the court decides whether to make a final order.

Both sides can speak at the final hearing. Turn up: an order can be made without you.

5. Breaches

Breaching an intervention order raises a police job. Police attend and deal with the breach as they would any offence. If you are the protected person and the respondent comes near you, move away and call police.

6. Asking for an order

To ask about an order, press Court enquiry at the help desk in the DOJ Discord, or speak to police in the city, who can bring the matter to the court. The registry opens the matter and lists it.

7. A note on roleplay

Intervention orders deal with serious themes. Keep the roleplay respectful, never use an order to stop someone playing the game, and take any real-life concern out of character to a ticket straight away.