The law governing the determination of applications for both types of Orders can be found in the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic) and the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 (Vic).
Commencing an Application for an Intervention Order begins the process to is to obtain a Court Order conferring protection upon the applicant (in the Family Violence context, the applicant is referred to as the Affected Family Member) on either an interim or final basis depending upon the particular circumstances of the case.
An application can be made by the police, a family member, or person where they can show that there has been family violence or prohibited behaviour.
Based on the information in the application, the court will decide whether it needs to make a court order to protect the applicant from family violence or from prohibited behaviour.