Service of applications
6 Service of applications
A person making an application under section 38 of the Act for a restraining order must cause a copy of the application to be served on the person sought to be restrained.
A person making an application under section 42 of the Act to vary or cancel a restraining order must cause a copy of the application to be served on —
if the application is made by a police officer, the restrained person; or
if the application is made by the restrained person, the person on whose application the restraining order was made.
Part 6 Division 2 of the Restraining Orders Act 1997 applies in relation to the service of an application relating to a restraining order under the Act as if it were a summons relating to a restraining order under the Restraining Orders Act 1997.
7. Service of restraining orders
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