Stalking Protection Act 2019

5 Interim stalking protection orders

(1) This section applies where an application for a stalking protection order (the “main application”) has not been determined.

(2) A magistrates’ court may make an order (an “interim stalking protection order”) in respect of the defendant on an application—

(a) made at the same time and by the same chief officer of police as the main application, or

(b) if the main application has already been made, made by the chief officer of police who made that application.

(3) The court may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, make an interim stalking protection order—

(a) prohibiting the defendant from doing anything described in the order, or

(b) requiring the defendant to do anything described in the order.

(4) Prohibitions or requirements must, so far as practicable, be such as to avoid—

(a) conflict with the defendant’s religious beliefs, and

(b) interference with any times at which the defendant normally works or attends an educational establishment.

(5) A prohibition or requirement has effect in all parts of the United Kingdom unless expressly limited to a particular locality.

(6) An interim stalking protection order—

(a) has effect only for a fixed period specified in the order, and

(b) ceases to have effect, if it has not already done so, on the determination of the main application.

(7) The defendant or the chief officer of police who applied for an interim stalking protection order may apply to a magistrates’ court for an order varying, renewing or discharging the interim stalking protection order.

(8) On an application under subsection (7), the court may make any order varying, renewing or discharging the stalking protection order that the court considers appropriate.