Western Australian Current Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 10T

10T .         Variation or cancellation of behaviour management orders

        (1)         A court may make an order (a variation or cancellation order ) varying or cancelling a behaviour management order if —

            (a)         in relation to a behaviour management order —

                  (i)         there is no longer any behaviour change programme that is reasonably practicable for the respondent to attend; or

                  (ii)         in all the circumstances of the case, the order is no longer appropriate for any other reason;

                or

            (b)         in relation to a behaviour change order, there has been a change in the circumstances in which the order was made that significantly impacts on the respondent’s ability or capacity to participate in a behaviour change programme.

        (2)         A court may make the order on its own initiative or on the application of —

            (a)         the respondent; or

            (b)         in relation to an eligibility assessment order, the eligibility assessor; or

            (c)         in relation to a behaviour change order, the behaviour change programme provider.

        (3)         The appropriate registrar for the court must cause a copy of an application under subsection (2) to be served on —

            (a)         in relation to an application by the respondent, the eligibility assessor or behaviour change programme provider, as the case may be; or

            (b)         in relation to an application by the eligibility assessor or behaviour change programme provider, the respondent.

        [Section 10T inserted: No. 49 of 2016 s. 14.]