Applications for Protections / Safety / Barring Orders
Protection Order
A protection order is an order which stops short of putting the respondent out of the family home but orders the respondent not to use violence or threaten to use violence against you, or to molest or put you or any dependent person in fear. The protection order does not have a life of its own but only lasts until the termination of the barring or safety order proceedings.
Safety Order
This was introduced by the 1996 Act and resembles a long-term protection order. A safety order does not put the respondent out of the residence of the applicant but it orders the respondent not to engage in the following behaviour:
1. Using or threatening to use violence against, molesting or putting in fear the applicant or dependent person and
2. If the respondent is residing at a place other than the place of the applicant or dependent person, inhibiting the respondent from watching or besetting the place where the applicant or dependent person resides.
Barring Order
A barring order is an order requiring a violent person to leave the family home. The order also prohibits the person from using violence or threats of violence and from watching or being near your home. In order to get a barring order, you must attend the District Court. A barring order can last up to three years if it is obtained in the District Court.
