Section 4: Variations, renewals and discharges Variations
Subsection (4)(a) sets out that the court may not impose additional prohibitions or requirements on the defendant unless they are necessary in order to protect a person from the risk of stalking.
	A scenario in which the police or the defendant may apply to vary an order is if the person being protected moves house or gets a new job and therefore the terms of the order need to be amended in order to reflect the new locations or defined areas which the defendant is prohibited from entering. Another scenario could be if the defendant’s stalking behaviour changes and it becomes necessary to amend the terms of the order to continue to protect the victim from harm.