Section 7 - Child Protection (Offenders Prohibition Orders) Regulation 2025 - Variation or revocation of corresponding prohibition orders—the Act, s 19(2)(f)

7Variation or revocation of corresponding prohibition orders—the Act, s 19(2)(f)

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7 Variation or revocation of corresponding prohibition orders—the Act, s 19(2)(f)

(1) The Commissioner of Police or a person subject to a corresponding prohibition order may apply to the Local Court to—

(a) vary the order, other than to vary the term of the order, or

(b) revoke the order.

(2) A person subject to a corresponding prohibition order must not make an application under subsection (1) without the leave of the Local Court.

(3) The Local Court must not grant leave unless satisfied that, having regard to changes in the applicant’s circumstances since the order was made or last varied, it is in the interests of justice that leave be granted.

(4) The application must be accompanied by—

(a) a copy of the corresponding prohibition order, and

(b) a copy of all variations that have been made to the corresponding prohibition order.

(5) The Local Court may determine the application—

(a) by varying or revoking the corresponding prohibition order to the extent the order has effect in New South Wales, or

(b) by dismissing the application.

(6) The respondent to an application under this section is—

(a) for an application by the Commissioner of Police—the person subject to the corresponding prohibition order, and

(b) for an application by a person subject to the corresponding prohibition order—the Commissioner of Police.