Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 43

43 .         Making a final order

        (1)         Subject to section 42, at a final order hearing a court may make a final order of the type, and with the terms, the court considers appropriate.

        (1a)         Without limiting subsection (1), at a final order hearing, a court —

            (a)         may, subject to Part 2, make a final violence restraining order even if the application was for a misconduct restraining order;

            (b)         may, subject to Part 3, make a final misconduct restraining order —

                  (i)         even if the application was for a violence restraining order; and

                  (ii)         even if an interim order is in force.

        (2)         If, at a final order hearing, the respondent consents to a final order being made, the court may make the order by consent without being satisfied there are grounds for making the order.

        (3)         If a respondent consents to a final order being made, the consent does not constitute an admission by the respondent of all or any of the matters alleged in the application.

        [Section 43 amended by No. 38 of 2004 s. 24; No. 5 of 2008 s. 96.]