Family Violence Protection Act 2008

Subject to subsection (2), a police officer may exercise a power under this Division in relation to a person if the police officer—

intends to make an application against the person for an order varying a recognised DVO; or

reasonably believes that the person is a respondent to a recognised DVO and the police officer—

intends to obtain a copy of the recognised DVO; and

if the recognised DVO has not been served, serve a copy on the person.

The police officer must not exercise the power unless—

the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person is an adult; and

the officer believes on reasonable grounds that exercise of the power is necessary to ensure the safety of a family member of the person or to preserve any property of the family member.