Each protection order is different, but there are some basic features of each one.

Basic/standard conditions:

1. Non contact
2. Non violence

1. Non contact

• Not being able to go to your home, school, work
• Not texting, calling, emailing, writing letters to you
• Not hanging around somewhere you go on a regular basis e.g your neighbourhood or where you study

2. Non violence

• not abusing you in any way
• not threatening, intimidating, harassing you or encouraging others to do the same
• not damaging your property

If you have children under 17, they are usually included in your protection order and the same protection will extend to them unless there is a court order that says otherwise.


3. Weapons
If the respondent has any weapons, they will be asked to surrender these to the police. (usually within 24 hours of a protection order being granted. Can be earlier if police decide this).

* Other conditions that might be attached to a protection order:


1 Property order/occupation order

• decides who can live in the family home or the home you usually live in (can stop the respondent from living there without your consent)

2. Ancillary Furniture order

• determines who gets to keep the furniture and any appliances from the house you shared/or live in now.