(1) A police officer who applies to the
Supreme Court for a preventative detention order in relation to a person (the
"subject" ) may also apply for a prohibited contact order under this section
in relation to the subject's detention under the preventative detention order.
(2) If a preventative detention order is in force in relation to the subject,
a police officer may apply to the Supreme Court for a prohibited contact order
under this section in relation to the subject's detention under the
preventative detention order.
(3) The application must be in writing and
sworn, and set out--
(a) the terms of the order sought, and
(b) the facts and
other grounds on which the police officer considers that the order should be
made.
(4) If the Supreme Court is satisfied that making a prohibited contact
order is reasonably necessary to achieve the purposes of the preventative
detention order, the Court may make a prohibited contact order under this
section that the subject is not, while being detained under the preventative
detention order, to contact a person specified in the prohibited contact
order.
(5) An application for a prohibited contact order that is required
urgently may be made by telephone, fax, email or other electronic
communication. In that case--
(a) the Supreme Court may make the order if
satisfied it is not practicable for the applicant to appear before the Court
to make the application, and
(b) the terms of the order may be transmitted to
the applicant by telephone, fax, email or other electronic communication, and
(c) a written record relating to the application and order is to be made as
soon as practicable by or at the direction of the Court.
(6) A prohibited
contact order may be revoked by the Supreme Court, on application made by the
person in relation to whom the relevant preventative detention order relates
or on application by a police officer.
(7) An application for the revocation
of a prohibited contact order must be made by a police officer detaining the
person under the relevant preventative detention order if the police officer
is satisfied that the grounds on which the prohibited contact order was made
have ceased to exist.
(8) The Supreme Court may refuse to make a prohibited
contact order unless the police officer applying for the order gives the Court
any further information that the Court requires concerning the facts and other
grounds on which the police officer considers the order should be made.
