Part 1Protection of adults at risk of harm

Banning orders

21Temporary banning orders

(1)The sheriff may grant a temporary banning order pending determination of an application for a banning order.

(2)A temporary banning order may include any provision which may be included in a banning order.

(3)Where a temporary banning order is granted, the sheriff must determine the related application for a banning order within such period as may be specified in rules made under section 32 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58).

(4)A temporary banning order expires on the earliest of the following dates—

(a)the date on which the sheriff determines the related application for a banning order,

(b)the date by which subsection (3) requires the sheriff to determine the related application for a banning order,

(c)if the temporary banning order is recalled, the date on which it is recalled,

(d)any specified expiry date.