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Regulation 22H
Regulation 22H
Substitution of applicant for protection order (P. 3, r. 22H)
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 60(4), the Court may order that an applicant for a protection order in relation to family violence against a person (Y) be substituted by another person if —
the applicant is not a protector;
the applicant dies at any time after making the application (including after the protection order is made);
the other person meets the condition in section 60(4)(a);
Y —
is below 18 years of age; or
has been assessed by a registered medical practitioner, psychiatrist or psychologist to lack the mental capacity to apply for the protection order; and
the substitution is appropriate in the circumstances.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of section 60(4), the Court may order that an applicant for a protection order in relation to family violence against a person (Y) be substituted by Y if —
the applicant is a protector;
the protection order is made against X;
X is now seeking a variation, suspension or revocation of —
the protection order; or
any order made under Division 3 of Part 7 of the Act in consequence of the protection order;
Y meets the condition in section 60(4)(a); and
the substitution is appropriate in the circumstances.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of section 60(4), if —
a protection order has been made in relation to family violence against a person (Y) and Y now seeks to make an application under Division 3 of Part 7 of the Act relating to that protection order;
the applicant for the protection order is a protector;
the protector consents in writing for Y to be substituted as the applicant; and
Y meets the condition in section 60(4)(a),Y is, on the filing of the consent required by sub‑paragraph (c), substituted as the applicant for the protection order by the operation of this paragraph and without the need for any application.
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of section 60(4), if —
a protection order has been made in relation to family violence against a person (Y) who is below 18 years of age;
Y subsequently attains 18 years of age and seeks to make an application under Division 3 of Part 7 of the Act relating to that protection order; and
Y otherwise meets the condition in section 60(4)(a),Y is, on attaining 18 years of age, substituted as the applicant for the protection order by the operation of this paragraph and without the need for any application.
Subregulation 5
To avoid doubt, paragraphs (3) and (4) only apply so far as the protection order relates to family violence against Y.
Subregulation 6
For the purposes of section 66(3), the Court may order that an applicant for the variation, suspension or revocation of an existing order be substituted by another person if the substitution is appropriate in the circumstances.
Subregulation 7
An application to substitute an applicant for a protection order or an existing order may be made by —
the person seeking to substitute the applicant; or
the person against whom the order is sought or made.
Subregulation 8
In this Rule —
Definition
“existing order” has the meaning given by section 66(4);
Definition
“protection order” means a protection order made under section 60A(1), and includes an order that is deemed by rule 11 of the Women’s Charter (Family Violence) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 900/2024) to be such an order;
Definition
“protector” has the meaning given by section 58(1);
Definition
“psychiatrist” means a medical practitioner who is registered as a psychiatrist in the Register of Specialists under the Medical Registration Act 1997;
Definition
“registered medical practitioner” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Medical Registration Act 1997.