Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) An application for
a VRO may be made by —
(a) the
person seeking to be protected; or
(b) a
police officer on behalf of that person.
(2) An application for
a VRO may also be made —
(a) if
the person seeking to be protected is a child, by a parent or guardian of the
child, or a child welfare officer, on behalf of the child; or
(b) if
the person seeking to be protected is a person for whom a guardian has been
appointed under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 , by the
guardian on behalf of the person.
(3) An application for
a VRO is to be made in accordance with the rules of court (using, if the rules
of court so require, the prescribed form) to —
(a) if
the respondent is a child, the Children’s Court; or
(b) if
the respondent is not a child and the person seeking to be protected is a
child, the Children’s Court or the Magistrates Court; or
(c)
otherwise, the Magistrates Court.
[Section 25 inserted: No. 22 of 2000 s. 7;
amended: No. 38 of 2004 s. 55; No. 59 of 2004 s. 124; No. 32 of 2011 s. 7; No.
14 of 2013 s. 4; No. 49 of 2016 s. 31; No. 13 of 2020 s. 35.]