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Justices Act 1959
106BAPowers of justices to make family violence orders after restraint order applications made
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### 106BA Powers of justices to make family violence orders after restraint order applications made
> [*\[Section 106BA Inserted by No. 32 of 2015, s. 15, Applied:06 Oct 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-10-06/act-2015-032#GS15@EN) If –
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> > > (a) an application for a restraint order has been made in accordance with [section 106B](#GS106B@EN) ; and
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> > > (b) at any stage of the proceedings in respect of the application for the restraint order, the justices consider that the application should have been made as an application under [section 15 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-067#GS15@EN) [Family Violence Act 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-067) for a family violence order –
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> the justices may proceed under that Act as if the application for the restraint order were an application for a family violence order.