---
title: "Contravention worksheet: which limb of section 14, if any (NSW AVO)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/avo-contravention-worksheet"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a53-avo-contravention-worksheet"
area_id: "A53"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A53-X20260927-8"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Contravention worksheet: which limb of section 14, if any (NSW AVO)

> Worksheet matching alleged conduct to the order and to section 14(1), (1A) or (1C), including service, the 28-day count, and the exceptions in subsections (2) and (3).

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/avo-contravention-worksheet  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Family Violence & Protection Orders](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when police or a protected person report a possible breach of a New South Wales apprehended violence order, before anyone advises on plea or charge.

## Used for these tasks

- [Build the contravention analysis from the police brief and the served order](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/build-the-contravention-analysis-from-the-police-brief-and-the-served-or.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may line up the condition, the alleged conduct and the dates from the brief. The lawyer decides the offence and the advice.

**AI may:**

- Quote the condition from the served order into one column and the alleged conduct from the brief into another
- Count dated alleged contraventions in the 28 days before the latest one and list them
- Note whether the brief states the defendant was served or was in court when the order was made

**AI must not:**

- Must not say which subsection is proved or advise a plea
- Must not describe subsection (9), which was not read
- Must not draft the facts sheet or the defence statement

**The lawyer checks:**

- The order in the worksheet is the order that was in force, and the condition allegedly breached is quoted from it
- Knowledge, service or presence (subsection (2)), and the exceptions in subsection (3), are each addressed
- A subsection (1C) charge is checked against two other knowing contraventions within the 28 days immediately before, and against the reasonable-person test
- The protected person is not treated as a party to an offence of aiding a contravention (subsection (7))

## Authorities

- [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) s 14(1) to (3) and (7) (knowing contravention; harm intent; repeated contravention within 28 days; service or presence; mediation and property-recovery exceptions)](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/capva2007347/s14.html)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/avo-contravention-worksheet and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*