Section 87 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Restraining orders

87 Restraining orders (1) Where the Court makes a declaration under section 67 of this Act in relation to a child or young person, it may, on or at any time after making that declaration, make an order restraining any person named in the order from doing all or any of the following things: (a) Residing with the child or young person: (b) Using or threatening violence or causing or threatening to cause physical harm to the child or young person: (c) Molesting the child or young person by watching or besetting the child's or young person's place of residence, work, or education, or by following or waylaying the child or young person in any public place within the meaning of section 2 of the Summary Offences Act 1981 , or by contacting the child or young person in any way: (d) Molesting any person with whom the child or young person is residing by watching or besetting that person's place of residence, work, or education, or by following or waylaying that person in any public place within the meaning of section 2 of the Summary Offences Act 1981 , or by contacting that person in any way. (2) Subject to any rules of Court empowering the Court to make an order under this section on an ex parte application, the Court shall not make an order under this section restraining the conduct of any person unless that person has been informed by the Court of the proposal to make the order and has been given an opportunity to make representations to the Court. Subsection (2) was amended, as from 13 September 2002, by section 6 Family Courts Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 65) by substituting “ of Court ” for “ made under this Act ” . See clause 2 Family Courts Amendment Act Commencement Order 2002 (SR 2002/254).