Western Australian Current Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 33

33 .         Respondent objects to final order being made

        (1)         If a respondent —

            (a)         returns the respondent’s endorsement copy of an interim order in accordance with section 31; and

            (b)         indicates on it that the respondent objects to the interim order becoming final,

                the registrar is to fix a hearing and notify all parties of the hearing.

        (2)         If the interim order includes a restraint on the respondent that prohibits or restricts the respondent from —

            (a)         being on premises where the respondent usually resides; or

            (b)         having contact with the respondent’s children; or

            (c)         being on premises where the respondent usually works, or otherwise carrying on the respondent’s usual occupation; or

            (d)         being in possession of a firearm item that the respondent reasonably needs in order to carry on the respondent’s usual occupation; or

            (e)         being in possession of explosives or an explosives licence that the respondent reasonably needs in order to carry on the respondent’s usual occupation,

                the registrar is to ensure that the date fixed under subsection (1) for the final order hearing is as soon as practicable after the respondent returns the respondent’s endorsement copy of the interim order.

        (3)         Subsections (1) and (2) apply subject to the referral of the matter to a conference under Part 5A.

        [Section 33 amended: No. 59 of 2004 s. 123; No. 30 of 2020 s. 63; No. 13 of 2022 s. 80.]