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RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 36

36 .         Restraints on respondent

        (1)         In making an MRO a court may impose such restraints on the lawful activities and behaviour of the respondent as the court considers appropriate to prevent the respondent —

            (a)         behaving in a manner that could reasonably be expected to be intimidating or offensive to the person seeking to be protected and that would, in fact, intimidate or offend the person seeking to be protected; or

            (b)         causing damage to property owned by, or in the possession of, the person seeking to be protected; or

            (c)         behaving in a manner that is, or is likely to lead to, a breach of the peace; or

            (d)         committing an offence under The Criminal Code section 70A(2A).

        (2)         Without limiting the restraints that may be imposed for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) or (b), a court may restrain the respondent from doing all or any of the following —

            (a)         being on or near premises where the person seeking to be protected lives or works;

            (b)         being on or near specified premises or in a specified locality or place;

            (c)         approaching within a specified distance of the person seeking to be protected;

            (ca)         stalking the person seeking to be protected;

            (d)         communicating, or attempting to communicate, (by whatever means) with the person seeking to be protected;

        [(e)         deleted]

            (f)         being in possession of a firearm item or firearms authorisation, or applying for a firearms authorisation;

            (fa)         being in possession of any explosives or an explosives licence, or applying for an explosives licence;

            (g)         causing or allowing another person to engage in conduct of a type referred to in paragraphs (a) to (fa).

        (3)         Without limiting the restraints that may be imposed for the purposes of subsection (1)(c) or (d), a court may restrain the respondent from doing all or any of the following —

            (a)         being on or near specified premises or in a specified locality or place; or

            (b)         engaging in behaviour of a specified kind, either at all or in a specified place, at a specified time or in a specified manner; or

            (c)         being in possession of a firearm item or firearms authorisation, or applying for a firearms authorisation; or

            (d)         being in possession of any explosives or an explosives licence, or applying for an explosives licence.

        (4)         A restraint may be imposed on the respondent on such terms as the court considers appropriate.

        (5)         An MRO may restrain the respondent from entering or remaining in a place, or restrict the respondent’s access to a place, even if the respondent has a legal or equitable right to be at the place.

        (6)         If an MRO restrains the respondent from being in possession of a firearm item or firearms authorisation, or applying for a firearms authorisation, sections 14 and 62E apply as if the MRO were a VRO (as those sections apply in relation to firearm items and firearms authorisations).

        (7)         If an MRO restrains the respondent from being in possession of any explosives or an explosives licence, or applying for an explosives licence, sections 14A and 62E apply as if the MRO were a VRO (as those sections apply in relation to explosives and explosives licences).

        [Section 36 amended: No. 38 of 2004 s. 21, 43(4), 54 and 56; No. 49 of 2016 s. 43; No. 30 of 2020 s. 64; No. 13 of 2022 s. 80 and 81; No. 5 of 2023 s. 15.]



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