Criminal and General Division
Restraint Orders
What is a Restraint Order?
A Restraint Order is a court order that may restrict contact between people or impose conditions on their behaviour. The person who applies for the restraint order is known as the Applicant and the person who is to be restrained is known as the Respondent.
Restraint orders are usually made where a magistrate determines that there is a risk of continued physical violence, threatening behaviour, damage to property, trespass, etc. There are two types of Restraint Order:
- Information for Applicants
- Information for Respondents
- Application for a Restraint Order
- Application to Vary, Extend or Revoke
- Application to Register an External Restraint Order