Part 2Notification and orders
F5Sexual offences prevention orders F4(Scotland and Northern Ireland)
Words in s. 104 cross-heading inserted (8.3.2015) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 11 para. 59 (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2015/373, art. 2(g)(i)
109Interim SOPOs
1
This section applies where an application under section 104(5) or 105(1) (“the main application”) has not been determined.
2
An application for an order under this section (“an interim sexual offences 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 offences prevention order, prohibiting the defendant from doing anything described in the order F2or requiring the defendant to do anything described in the order (or both).
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
6
The applicant or the defendant may by complaint apply to the court that made the interim sexual offences prevention order for the order to be varied, renewed or discharged.
7
Subsection (6) applies to orders under—
a
b
Article 6A of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2839 (N.I. 20)) (interim orders made in Northern Ireland),
as it applies to interim sexual offences prevention orders.
Ss. 104-122 repealed (E.W.) (8.3.2015) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 5 para. 3 (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2015/373, art. 2(e)