Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1991 No. 123 of 1991 - SECT 26

26. After section 28 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Extension of certain restraining orders

"28A. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the court may, on application made by the
DPP before the end of the period mentioned in subsection 28 (2), extend the
period of effect of a restraining order made in reliance on that subsection.

"(2) Subsections 27 (1), (2) and (3) apply, with the necessary changes made,
to the extension of the period of operation of a restraining order made in
reliance on subsection 28 (2) in the same way as they apply to the making of a
restraining order.

"(3) The DPP must give written notice of an application under subsection (1)
for the extension of the period of effect of a restraining order to:

   (a)  the owner of the property against which the restraining order was
        made; and

   (b)  any other person who the DPP has reason to believe may have an
        interest in the property.".