16BCommissioner of Police may apply for orders

16B Commissioner of Police may apply for orders

16B Commissioner of Police may apply for orders

An application may be made by the Commissioner of Police to the Local Court for a contact prohibition order against a registrable person if:

(a) the Commissioner has reasonable grounds to suspect that the registrable person will seek to contact the victim or co-offender concerned, and

(b) the registrable person is not subject to, and the Commissioner considers contact cannot be prevented by the making of, any of the following:

(i) an extended supervision order under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 or the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017,

(ii) a prohibition order under this Act,

(iii) any court order prescribed by the regulations, and

(c) the Commissioner is satisfied that there are sufficient grounds to justify the making of the application.

Note—

Part 4 of the Local Court Act 2007 sets out the procedures for the making and hearing of applications and confers rights of appeal against the granting of contact prohibition orders.

s 16B: Ins 2009 No 93, Sch 2 [3]. Am 2013 No 4, Sch 2.3; 2017 No 68, Sch 2.3.