sec.100OService of direction and grounds on respondent

### sec.100O Service of direction and grounds on respondent A police officer must personally serve a police protection direction on the respondent. Also, as soon as practicable after the police protection direction takes effect, the police officer who issued it must prepare and serve on the respondent a signed written notice stating the grounds for issuing the direction. Service of the notice under subsection (2) — if an address for service for the respondent is known—may be made in any way; or otherwise—must be made personally by a police officer. To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section applies even if the police protection direction has taken effect under section 100R (1) (b) . s 100O ins 2025 No. 18 s 19 (sec.100O-ssec.1) A police officer must personally serve a police protection direction on the respondent. (sec.100O-ssec.2) Also, as soon as practicable after the police protection direction takes effect, the police officer who issued it must prepare and serve on the respondent a signed written notice stating the grounds for issuing the direction. (sec.100O-ssec.3) Service of the notice under subsection (2) — if an address for service for the respondent is known—may be made in any way; or otherwise—must be made personally by a police officer. (sec.100O-ssec.4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section applies even if the police protection direction has taken effect under section 100R (1) (b) . - (a) if an address for service for the respondent is known—may be made in any way; or - (b) otherwise—must be made personally by a police officer.