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Violent Crime Reduction Bill

The amendment would replace Clause 8(4). That provides that provision for the making or hearing of an application for an interim order must be made by the court, for proceedings in the county court, or the justices’ clerk for applications to a magistrates’ court. Instead, the amendment proposes that permission of a court be required for interim orders for those made without notice or in the absence of the individual. However, the amendment does not reflect the different court procedures that should be adopted in the magistrates’ court from the county court, where permissions are required for the making or hearing of an application or for an interim banning order. That difference needs to be specified in the Bill. For that reason, we cannot encourage the Committee to press the amendments.