28Making of provisional order by authorised officer

#### 28 Making of provisional order by authorised officer 28 Making of provisional order by authorised officer > > (1) An authorised officer to whom an application is made for a provisional order may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, make the provisional order. > > > (2) Section 21 (Referral of matters to mediation) applies to an authorised officer when considering whether to make a provisional order that is an interim apprehended personal violence order or after making such an order in the same way as it applies to a court. > > > (3) Section 81 applies to the making of a provisional order by an authorised officer in the same way as that section applies to other orders. > > **s 28:** Am 2013 No 87, Sch 1 \[6\]; 2016 No 55, Sch 3.6.