Personal safety intervention orders for stalking
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Under the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 (Vic) (‘PSIO Act’), it is possible to obtain a personal safety intervention order on the balance of probabilities for ‘stalking’ (defined in s 10 PSIO Act).
In such cases, the affected person/applicant and the respondent do not need to be family members.
Stalking is less common in family violence situations; it is more common between neighbours, co-tenants, boarders, lodgers, or acquaintances.
The PSIO Act also covers cyber-stalking. In addition, stalking is a separate criminal offence under section 21A of the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic).