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Crimes Act 1900
252NFortification removal order—application for order or
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252N Fortification removal order—application for order or
variation
(1) The chief police officer may apply to the Magistrates Court for an
order directing an occupier of premises to remove a fortification of
the premises (a fortification removal order).
(2) If a fortification removal order is already in effect for premises—
(a) the chief police officer may make an application to vary the
fortification removal order to direct the occupier of the premises
to—
(i) remove a fortification of the premises in a different way or
within a different compliance period; or
(ii) remove a different fortification of the premises; and
(b) the occupier of the premises may make an application to vary
the fortification removal order to—
(i) describe the fortification in a different way; or
(ii) direct the occupier of the premises to remove a fortification
of the premises in a different way.
(3) An application must—
(b) be supported by evidence by affidavit dealing with the matters
mentioned in—
(i) for a fortification removal order—section 252O (1); or
(ii) for variation of a fortification removal order—
section 252O (2).