Domestic Violence Act 2018

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Copies of orders to be given to certain persons

19. (1) The court, on making, varying or discharging a safety order or a protection order, shall cause a copy of the order in question to be given or sent as soon as practicable—

(a) to the applicant for the safety order or, in respect of a protection order, the applicant for the safety order or barring order concerned,

(b) to the respondent to the application for the safety order or, in respect of a protection order, the respondent to the application for the safety order or barring order concerned,

(c) where the Agency has made the application by virtue of section 11 for the safety order or, in respect of a protection order, for the safety order or barring order concerned, to the Agency,

(d) to the member of the Garda Síochána in charge of the Garda Síochána station for the area in which the person, for whose benefit the safety order or protection order was made, resides, and

(e) where the order in question is a variation or discharge of a safety order or a protection order and the person for whose benefit the order was made had previously resided elsewhere, to the member of the Garda Síochána in charge of the Garda Síochána station for the area in which that person had so resided but only if that member had previously been sent under this subsection a copy of that safety order, protection order, or any order relating thereto.

(2) The court on making, varying or discharging a barring order or an interim barring order shall cause a copy of the order in question to be given or sent as soon as practicable—

(a) to the applicant for the barring order,

(b) to the respondent to the application for the barring order,

(c) where the Agency has made the application by virtue of section 11 for the barring order concerned, to the Agency,

(d) to the member of the Garda Síochána in charge of the Garda Síochána station for the area in which the place, in relation to which the application for the barring order was made, is situated, and

(e) where the order in question is a variation or discharge of a barring order or an interim barring order and the place in respect of which the previous order was made is elsewhere, to the member of the Garda Síochána in charge of the Garda Síochána station for the area in which that place is situated but only if that member had previously been sent a copy of the barring order or interim barring order that has been varied or discharged or any order relating thereto.

(3) The court on making, varying or discharging an emergency barring order shall cause a copy of the order to be given or sent as soon as practicable—

(a) to the applicant for the emergency barring order,

(b) to the respondent to the application for the emergency barring order,

(c) where the Agency has made the application by virtue of section 11 for the emergency barring order concerned, to the Agency,

(d) to the member of the Garda Síochána in charge of the Garda Síochána station for the area in which the place, in relation to which the application for the emergency barring order was made, is situated, and

(e) where the order in question is a variation or discharge of an emergency barring order and the place in respect of which the previous order was made is elsewhere, to the member of the Garda Síochána in charge of the Garda Síochána station for the area in which that place is situated but only if that member had previously been sent a copy of the emergency barring order that has been varied or discharged or any order relating thereto.

(4) The court on making, varying or discharging a safety order, a barring order, an interim barring order, an emergency barring order or a protection order on the application of, or on behalf of, a person who is not of full age, shall cause a copy of the order in question to be given or sent as soon as practicable to the Agency.

(5) The validity of an order to which this section relates shall not be affected by non-compliance with subsections (1), (2), (3) or (4).