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ALCOHOL PROTECTION ORDERS ACT 2013 (NO 31 OF 2013) - SECT 7

Period alcohol protection order in force

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), an alcohol protection order issued to an adult under section 6 is in force:

    (a)     if it is a first alcohol protection order issued to the adult under section 6 – for a period of 3 months on and from the date on which it is issued; or

    (b)     if it is a second alcohol protection order issued to the adult under section 6 – for a period of 6 months on and from the date on which it is issued; or

    (c)     if it is a later alcohol protection order issued to the adult under section 6 – for a period of 12 months on and from the later of:

        (i)     the date on which it is issued; and

        (ii)     the date on which the latest of the previous alcohol protection orders issued to the adult ceases to be in force.

    (2)     If a first alcohol protection order issued to an adult is in force when a second alcohol protection order is issued to the adult, the first alcohol protection order ceases to be in force immediately after the second alcohol protection order is issued.

    (3)     In this section:

"first alcohol protection order", in relation to an adult at a particular time, means an alcohol protection order issued to the adult when:

    (a)     there has never been an alcohol protection order issued to the adult under section 6; or

    (b)     all such alcohol protection orders issued to the adult ceased to be in force more than 12 months before the time.

"later alcohol protection order", in relation to an adult at a particular time, means an alcohol protection order issued to the adult when:

    (a)     an alcohol protection order, other than a first alcohol protection order, issued to the adult under section 6 is in force; or

    (b)     an alcohol protection order, other than a first alcohol protection order, issued to the adult under section 6 ceased to be in force not more than 12 months before the time.

"second alcohol protection order", in relation to an adult at a particular time, means an alcohol protection order issued to the adult when:

    (a)     a first alcohol protection order issued to the adult is in force; or

    (b)     a first alcohol protection order issued to the adult ceased to be in force not more than 12 months before the time.



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