Breach of Intervention Orders
In April 2008, the Attorney-General asked the Sentencing Advisory Council to report on:
1. The appropriate statutory maximum penalties for the offences of breaching:
(a) a family violence intervention order;
(b) a stalking intervention order; and
(c) a family violence safety notice.
2. Sentencing practices for the offence of breaching an intervention order.
This reference arose from the Victorian Law Reform Commission's Report, Review of Family Violence Laws, which recommended that the Council review the sentencing of defendants and penalties imposed for breaching intervention orders.
The Council provided the first part of the advice to the Attorney-General on these maximum penalties in June 2008 in the Breaching Intervention Orders Report. The Council’s advice was adopted in the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic).
The Council’s second report on sentencing practices was released in June 2009.