Extension of initial period
43 Extension of initial period
A senior police officer may apply to a court for an order (an extension order) that a prescribed place be taken to be restricted premises for a further stated period of at least 6 months and not more than 2 years (the extended period).
The application must be made at least 1 year after the commencement and at least 2 months before the end of the initial period or the immediately preceding extended period.
The application must state—
the grounds on which the extension order is sought; and
the information supporting the grounds on which the extension order is sought.
The application must be accompanied by any affidavit the senior police officer intends to rely on at the hearing of the application.
The application, with any accompanying affidavit, must—
be filed; and
on filing, state as the return date a day within 35 days after the filing; and
after being filed, be served by a police officer on the respondent within 10 days after the filing.
Service under subsection (5)(c) must be by personal service or, if personal service is not practicable, by public notice.
To remove any doubt, it is declared that a senior police officer may make an application under subsection (1) from time to time as occasion requires.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed place
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