contested application means an application that is the subject of a contested hearing; contested hearing, in relation to an application under this Act, means a hearing by a court in which a party to the proceeding is contesting the final determination of the application; corresponding interstate law means a law of another State or a Territory relating to the protection of persons from prohibited behaviour or stalking that— corresponds to this Act; or prescribed for the purposes of this definition; corresponding interstate order means an order that— made under a corresponding interstate law; and corresponds to a final order; corresponding law means a law of relating to the protection of persons from prohibited behaviour or stalking that— corresponds to this Act; or prescribed for the purposes of this definition; corresponding order means an order that—
circumstances of the case that mediation may be appropriate, the court may give— direction that requires the parties to attend a mediation assessment; or to subsection (2), a direction that requires the parties to attend mediation; or direction that requires the parties to attend— mediation assessment; and (ii) if the matter is assessed as suitable for mediation, a mediation. (2) The court must not give a direction under subsection (1)(b) unless it has received a mediation assessment certificate that specifies that the matter is suitable for mediation. (3) If the court gives a direction under subsection (1), it may adjourn the proceeding to allow for the mediation assessment, the mediation or the mediation assessment and mediation (as the case requires) to occur. (4) A direction under subsection (1) applies to all parties to the proceeding except— applicant who is a police officer; and applicant who is not the affected person and who the court has excluded from the direction. 27 Where personal safety intervention order would prevent mediation occurring If—
(5) The court may make an interim order whether or not— or all of the prohibited behaviour or stalking alleged in the application for the personal safety intervention order occurred outside Victoria, so long as the affected person was in Victoria at the time at which that alleged conduct occurred; affected person was outside Victoria at the time at some or all of the prohibited behaviour or stalking alleged in the application for the personal safety intervention order occurred, so long as that alleged conduct occurred in Victoria. Note See Division 7 which provides for the inclusion of conditions in a personal safety intervention order, including an interim order. See also Division 7 which provides for the inclusion of conditions suspending a firearms authority, weapons approval or weapons exemption in the case of an interim order and cancelling a firearms authority, weapons approval or weapons exemption in the case of a final order. 36 Interim order where existing family violence intervention order
that has been done under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 in relation to the application or the proceeding for the application is, to the extent possible, taken to have been done under this Act. (2) This section applies whether or not the application for a family violence intervention order was made by issue of a family violence safety notice. (3) Without limiting subsection (1)(c)— summons issued under section 49 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 is taken to be a summons issued under section 20 of this Act; and warrant to arrest issued under section 50 or 67A of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 is taken to be a warrant issued under section 21 or 50 of this Act; and the respondent has been granted bail, the bail conditions continue to apply; and direction under section 158(2) of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 is taken to be a direction given under section 115(2) of this Act. (4) Despite subsection (1)(c), any order made under section 62, 70 or 150 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 ceases to apply on the making of a determination under section 136(2)(b).