Terms used
85 Terms used
In this Part —
authorised police officer means a police officer authorised in writing by the Commissioner for the purposes of the provision in which the term is used;
child protection order means a child protection order made under section 90 or 95(1);
conduct includes an act or omission or a course of conduct;
corresponding protection order means an order made by a court of a foreign jurisdiction that falls within a class of orders that are prescribed to be corresponding protection orders for the purposes of this Act;
court means —
if the respondent is a young reportable offender — the Children’s Court; or
otherwise, the District Court;
interim protection order means an interim child protection order made under section 92 or 95(2);
protection order means a child protection order or an interim protection order;
registrar means the clerk or registrar of the court to which an application for a protection order is made;
respondent means —
in the case of an application by the Commissioner for a protection order to be made, varied or revoked — the reportable offender who is subject to the protection order or in respect of whom the protection order is sought;
in the case of an application by a reportable offender for a child protection order to be varied or revoked — the Commissioner.
[Section 85 amended: No. 54 of 2012 s. 26 and 41; No. 35 of 2024 s. 59.]
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