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Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010
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79 Duration of order
A final order remains in force—
(a) if a period is specified in the order, for the specified period unless it is sooner revoked by the court or set aside on appeal; or
(b) if no period is specified in the order, until it is revoked by the court or set aside on appeal.
Division 10—Variation, revocation and extension of personal safety intervention orders
Subdivision 1—Variation and revocation of personal safety intervention orders
80 Power of court to vary or revoke personal safety intervention order
(1) The court may order the variation or revocation of a personal safety intervention order on an application under this Division.
(2) In deciding whether to make an order under subsection (1), the court must have regard to all the circumstances of the case and, in particular, the following—
(a) the applicant's reasons for seeking the variation or revocation;
(b) the safety of the protected person;
(c) the protected person's views about the variation or revocation;
(d) whether or not the protected person is legally represented;
(e) if the protected person has a guardian, the guardian's views.
See section 33, which provides that the court may take into account mediation assessment or mediation certificates and a party's lack of attendance at a mediation assessment or mediation when deciding whether to vary or revoke a personal safety intervention order.
(3) If the court decides not to grant an application for the revocation of a personal safety intervention order, the court may instead order the variation of the intervention order in the way the court considers appropriate.