Consolidated practice directions

Application to vary or cancel a PBO 
10. 
An application to vary or cancel a PBO, made by the prosecutor or the 
constrained person (defined in s 3(1) of the Act), is commenced by 
filing: 
(a) 
a motion which has attached to it a copy of the PBO;
(b) 
a minute of proposed orders; and 
(c) 
any supporting affidavit(s). 
11. 
After an application to vary or cancel a PBO has been filed under 
par 10, the Court will list the matter for hearing before a Judge on a 
date that allows service of a copy of the documents filed under par 10 
to be made by the Court at least 14 days prior to the hearing.
12. 
The Court will endorse on the motion the date for the hearing of the 
application and will send a copy of the motion, so endorsed, to the 
parties to the application. 

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13. 
The parties to an application to vary or cancel a PBO are encouraged to 
file consent orders where possible. 
14. 
If at a hearing of an application to vary or cancel a PBO, the Court 
makes an order for variation or cancellation, the Associate to the Judge 
who has made the order must provide a copy of the order to: 
(a) 
each party to the application; and 
(b) 
The Commissioner of Police. 
Appeal process 
15. 
Where a Single Judge Appeal is brought in relation to the constrained 
person's conviction for an offence in respect of which conviction a PBO 
has been made, the appellant must when filing the appeal notice, also 
file a copy of the related PBO. 
16. 
If the appellant's conviction for the related offence is set aside or 
quashed, the Associate to the Presiding Judge must notify the 
Commissioner of Police that the conviction in respect of which the 
related PBO was made has been set aside or quashed.

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