C1Part 2Notification and orders
F1Sexual harm prevention orders (England and Wales)
Ss. 103A-103K and cross-heading inserted (8.3.2015) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 5 para. 2 (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93, 114(1)(3)-(6)); S.I. 2015/373, art. 2(e)
103FC1Interim SHPOs
1
This section applies where an application under section 103A(4) (“the main application”) has not been determined.
2
An application for an order under this section (“an interim sexual harm prevention order”)—
a
may be made by the complaint by which the main application is made, or
b
if the main application has been made, may be made by the person who has made that application, by complaint to the court to which that application has been made.
3
The court may, if it considers it just to do so, make an interim sexual harm prevention order, prohibiting the defendant from doing anything described in the order.
4
Such an order—
a
has effect only for a fixed period, specified in the order;
b
ceases to have effect, if it has not already done so, on the determination of the main application.
5
The applicant or the defendant may by complaint apply to the court that made the interim sexual harm prevention order for the order to be varied, renewed or discharged.
Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), ss. 352(2)(b)(3), 416(1) (with ss. 2, 398(1), 406, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2