76Application for and making of interim order

76 Application for and making of interim order (1) A police officer may apply by telephone or other means prescribed by the Regulations to a court for an order under this section. Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004 49 (2) A court may make an interim child protection prohibition order prohibiting a reportable offender from engaging in specified conduct if it appears to the court that it is necessary to do so to prevent an immediate risk to the lives or the sexual safety of one or more children or children generally. (3) For subsection (2), it is not necessary that the court be able to identify a risk to a particular child or particular children or a particular class of children. (4) An interim prohibition order may be made by a court whether or not: (a) the reportable offender is present at the proceedings; or (b) the reportable offender has been notified of the proceedings. (5) When an interim prohibition order is made by a court, the court must: (a) fix a day, time and place for a further hearing of the application as soon as is practicable after the interim prohibition order is made; and (b) issue a summons requiring the reportable offender to attend the court for the further hearing; and (c) notify the applicant of the further hearing. (6) An interim prohibition order remains in force until the further hearing unless the application is sooner discontinued by the applicant.