Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 29

29 .         Order at hearing in absence of respondent

        (1)         Subject to section 27, at a hearing fixed under section 26(2) the court may — 

            (a)         make a violence restraining order;

            (b)         dismiss the application;

            (c)         adjourn the matter to a mention hearing; or

            (d)         at the request of the applicant, discontinue the application.

        (2)         If the court adjourns the matter under subsection (1)(c) the registrar is to fix a hearing and summons the respondent to the hearing.

        (3)         If the duration of a violence restraining order made under subsection (1)(a) is more than 72 hours the order is an interim order and Division 4 applies.

        [Section 29 amended by No. 38 of 2004 s. 17; No. 59 of 2004 s. 123.]