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38C.—(1) Evidence which meets the following conditions is prescribed for the purpose of regulation 38A(3)(a).
(2) The first condition is that the evidence is, or is a copy of, a relevant order or injunction.
(3) A relevant order or injunction is—
(a)an injunction for the purpose of restraining a person from pursuing any conduct which amounts to harassment granted in proceedings under section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997;
(b)an injunction granted under section 3A(2) of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997;
(c)a restraining order made under section 5(1) of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 [F2or section 360 of the Sentencing Code];
(d)a restraining order on acquittal made under section 5A(1) of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997;
(e)a non-harassment order, interdict or interim interdict made under section 8 or 8A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997;
(f)a non-harassment order made under section 234A(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;
(g)a non-molestation order made under section 42(2) of the Family Law Act 1996;
(h)an injunction for the purpose of restraining a person from pursuing any conduct which amounts to harassment granted in proceedings under article 5 of the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
(i)a restraining order made under article 7 of the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
(j)a restraining order on acquittal made under article 7A(1) of the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
(k)a non-molestation order made under article 20(2) of the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
(l)a matrimonial interdict within the meaning of section 14 of the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981;
(m)a domestic interdict within the meaning of section 18A of the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981;
(n)a relevant interdict within the meaning of section 113 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004;
(o)an interdict that has been determined to be a domestic abuse interdict within the meaning of section 3 of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2011;
(p)any interdict with an attached power of arrest made under section 1 of the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001; F3...
(q)a forced marriage protection order or interim forced marriage protection order made under any of the following provisions—
(i)Part 4A of the Family Law Act 1996;
(ii)section 2 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007;
(iii)section 1 of the Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011;
(iv)section 5 of the Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011;
[F4(r)a domestic violence protection order made under section 28 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 or section 97 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015; or
(s)a female genital mutilation protection order made under section 5A of, and paragraphs 1 or 18 of Schedule 2 to, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.]
(4) The second condition is that the relevant order or injunction is made for the protection, or otherwise for the benefit, of—
(a)the applicant for an anonymous entry, or
(b)another person of the same household as the applicant.
(5) The third condition is that the relevant order or injunction is in force on the day on which the application for an anonymous entry is made.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 38A-38E inserted (15.9.2014) by The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1808), regs. 1(1), 10
F2Words in reg. 38C(3)(c) inserted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 368 (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
F3Word in reg. 38C(3)(p) omitted (7.3.2018) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/331), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)
F4Reg. 38C(3)(r)(s) inserted (7.3.2018) by The Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/331), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 38C applied (15.9.2014) by S.I. 2001/1184, reg. 9, Sch. Pt. 2 (as inserted by S.I. 2014/1803, regs. 1(1), 8(3)(a))
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