http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/9/section/2/enactedStalking Protection Act 2019enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2019-03-18 Stalking protection ordersPower to make orders 2 1 A magistrates’ court may make a stalking protection order on an application under section 1(1) if satisfied that— a the defendant has carried out acts associated with stalking, b the defendant poses a risk associated with stalking to another person, and c the proposed order is necessary to protect another person from such a risk (whether or not the other person was the victim of the acts mentioned in paragraph (a)). 2 A magistrates’ court may include a prohibition or requirement in a stalking protection order only if satisfied that the prohibition or requirement is necessary to protect the other person from a risk associated with stalking. 3 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. 4 A prohibition or requirement has effect in all parts of the United Kingdom unless expressly limited to a particular locality. 5 It does not matter— a whether the acts mentioned in subsection (1)(a) were carried out in a part of the United Kingdom or elsewhere, or b whether they were carried out before or after the commencement of this section. 6 Subsection (7) applies where a magistrates’ court makes a stalking protection order in relation to a defendant who is already subject to such an order (whether made by that court or another). 7 The court may not include any prohibition or requirement in the new stalking protection order which is incompatible with a prohibition or requirement in the earlier stalking protection order.