--- title: "Letter of advice to a protected person: what the apprehended violence order means and what to do next (NSW)" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/protected-person-advice-letter-advo" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a53-protected-person-advice-letter-advo" area_id: "A53" kind: "letter" ai_level: "red" version: 1 task_ids: ["A53-X20260927-5", "A53-X20260927-2"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18" --- # Letter of advice to a protected person: what the apprehended violence order means and what to do next (NSW) > Plain-language letter to a protected person after an ADVO is made: the conditions, that only the defendant can breach it, reporting breaches, service, extension before expiry, interstate recognition and family law… Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders/protected-person-advice-letter-advo Law stated as at: 2026-10-18 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt Plain-language letter to a protected person after an ADVO is made: the conditions, that only the defendant can breach it, reporting breaches, service, extension before expiry, interstate recognition and family law orders. ## Key facts - Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send. - Practice area: [Family Violence & Protection Orders](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md) - Jurisdictions: New South Wales, Australia - AI level: Red. Keep AI out of the decisive steps. A lawyer does the work. - Law stated as at: 2026-10-18 - Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 7 authorities it cites, for New South Wales and Australia. ## When to use it Send after a final or interim apprehended domestic violence order is made in the Local Court of NSW and the firm acts for the protected person. Send it only to the safe address or channel the client has chosen. For a defendant, use the respondent advice letter in this library instead. ## Used for these tasks - [Advise on the conditions and on consenting without admissions](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md#A53-X20260927-5) - [Build the order, service and expiry register](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md#A53-X20260927-2) ## How AI may be used The lawyer writes the advice; AI may only copy the order details and dates into the letter and check them against the sealed order. **AI may:** - Copy the order number, court, dates and the additional conditions word for word from the sealed order into the conditions table - Calculate and list the expiry date and the extension diary date from the order, for the lawyer to confirm - Turn the lawyer’s finished advice into plainer English or a community language for the lawyer to check against the original **AI must not:** - Must not write or summarise the advice on contact, breach, children or family law orders - Must not paraphrase the conditions: the letter quotes them exactly as the court made them - Must not receive or store the client’s residential address, safe address or contact details, or the defendant’s - Must not be used in a tool that the defendant could access, such as a shared family device, account or email **The lawyer checks:** - Every condition in the table matches the sealed order word for word, including any exceptions for children or family law orders - The expiry date and extension diary date are right for the order type, and the diary entry is made - The letter goes only to the safe address or channel recorded on the client’s safe-contact form - The advice on any parenting orders reflects what is actually in place and whether s 68R was raised at the hearing ## Authorities - [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) s 14(1), (1A), (1C), (7) (offence of contravening an AVO; protected person not guilty of aiding or abetting)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-080) - [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) ss 35, 36 (prohibitions and restrictions; prohibitions in every AVO)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-080) - [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) s 43 (protected person’s residential address not stated)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-080) - [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) ss 72A, 73, 77, 79A, 79B (variation, extension, service and duration)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-080) - [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) Part 13B, ss 98Y, 98ZD (national recognition and enforcement of DVOs)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-080) - [Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) s 68R (court making a family violence order may revive, vary, discharge or suspend a parenting order)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/fla1975114/s68r.html) - [NSW Police Force, For support (Triple Zero (000); Police Assistance Line 131 444; 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732; NSW Domestic Violence Line; Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800)](https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/crime/domestic_and_family_violence/16_days_of_activism/16_days_of_activism_accordian/for_support) ## 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/protected-person-advice-letter-advo 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.*