28BInteraction with existing orders

#### 28B Interaction with existing orders 28B Interaction with existing orders > > (1) This section applies if an apprehended violence order is already in force against the defendant for the protection of the person concerned (an existing order). > > > (2) An issuing officer must not make a prohibition or restriction in a provisional order that would be inconsistent with a prohibition or restriction in the existing order if the effect would be to decrease the protection afforded to the protected person under the existing order. > > > (3) A prohibition or restriction specified in a provisional order that is inconsistent with a prohibition or restriction specified in the existing order in a way that would decrease the protection afforded to the protected person under the existing order is of no effect. > > Note— > > See section 81A for the effect of concurrent orders if there is an inconsistency between 2 or more concurrent orders. > > **s 28B:** Ins 2020 No 36, Sch 1\[4\].