(1) A police officer may apply for a temporary protection order against a person if—
(a) an application for a protection order against the person has been prepared; and
(b) the police officer reasonably believes that the application for the protection order will not be decided sufficiently quickly by a court to protect the aggrieved from domestic violence; and
Examples of why an application may not be decided sufficiently quickly—
the remoteness of a court
the limited availability of a court
the whereabouts of the respondent is unknown
(c) the police officer reasonably believes that a temporary protection order is necessary or desirable to protect the aggrieved from domestic violence.
(2) Also, a police officer must apply for a temporary protection order against a person if—
(a) the person has been released on conditions under section 125; and
(b) the date for the hearing of the application for the protection order, as stated on the copy of the application prepared under section 118(1), is more than 5 business days after the day the person is released.