Western Australian Numbered Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS AMENDMENT ACT 2000 (NO. 22 OF 2000) - SECT 7

7.         Section 25 replaced

                Section 25 is repealed and the following section is inserted instead —

“
25.         Application

        (1)         An application for a violence restraining order may be made in person by —

            (a)         the person to be protected; or

            (b)         a police officer on behalf of that person.

        (2)         An application for a violence restraining order may also be made —

            (a)         if the person to be protected is a child, by a parent or guardian of the child, or a child welfare officer, on behalf of the child; or

            (b)         if the person to be protected is a person for whom a guardian has been appointed under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 , by the guardian on behalf of the person.

        (3)         An application for a violence restraining order made in person is to be made in the prescribed form to —

            (a)         if the respondent is a child, the Children’s Court; or

            (b)         otherwise, a court of petty sessions.

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