54QService of orders

54Q Service of orders

(1)  If an FVO or interim FVO is made, varied or extended a copy of the order as made, varied or extended is to be served personally on the respondent as soon as practicable after it is made, varied or extended.

(2)  [Rule 54Q Subrule (2) substituted by S.R. 2005, No. 38, Applied:18 May 2005] If an FVO or interim FVO is made, varied or extended by a magistrate while the respondent is present in court, the magistrate may order that the FVO or interim FVO be served on any person and in any manner the magistrate thinks fit.

(3)  If an FVO or interim FVO is made, the clerk must forward a copy of the order –

(a) to the Commissioner of Police; and

(b) to the person who made the application for the order; and

(c) if the person who made the application is not the person for whose benefit the order is made –

(i) to the person for whose benefit the order is made; or

(ii) if the person referred to in subparagraph (i) is a child, to his or her legal guardian.

(4)  If an FVO or interim FVO is varied or extended, the clerk, as soon as practicable after the order is varied or extended, is to forward a copy of the order as varied or extended –

(a) to the Commissioner of Police; and

(b) to the person who made the application for the variation to or extension of the order; and

(c) if the person who made the application is not the person for whose benefit the order is made –

(i) to the person for whose benefit the order is made; or

(ii) if the person referred to in subparagraph (i) is a child, to his or her legal guardian.

(5)  If a registered EFVO is varied or extended, the clerk, as soon as practicable after the variation or extension is made, is to forward a copy of the order, as varied or extended, to –