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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
sec.43BMaking non-contact order
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### sec.43B Making non-contact order
If a court convicts an offender of a personal offence, whether on indictment or summarily, the court may make a non-contact order for the offender.
The order may be made in addition to any other order the court may make under this or another Act.
However, the court must not make a non-contact order if an order may be made under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 , section 42 .
In this section—
personal offence means an indictable offence committed against the person of someone.
s 43B ins 2001 No. 94 s 5
amd 2002 No. 6 s 53 sch 2 ; 2012 No. 5 s 230 s ch 1 pt 2
(sec.43B-ssec.1) If a court convicts an offender of a personal offence, whether on indictment or summarily, the court may make a non-contact order for the offender.
(sec.43B-ssec.2) The order may be made in addition to any other order the court may make under this or another Act.
(sec.43B-ssec.3) However, the court must not make a non-contact order if an order may be made under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 , section 42 .
(sec.43B-ssec.4) In this section— personal offence means an indictable offence committed against the person of someone.