17. Interim orders
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(1) An interim order made under this Act on an ex parte application shall specify a date which shall be as soon as reasonably practicable, for a hearing on whether an order should be made in substitution for the interim order.
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(2) The copy of any such interim order which is served on the respondent shall notify the respondent that unless he or she attends on the specified date to show cause why an order should not be made in substitution for the interim order, the court may discharge the interim order and substitute another order.
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(3) At the hearing referred to in subsection (1) the court may—
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(a) discharge the interim order; or
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(b) discharge the interim order and make an order in substitution for it; or
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(c) on good cause being shown, adjourn the hearing to such date and place as the court may specify.
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(4) Where a hearing is adjourned under subsection (3)(c) the court shall, at the adjourned hearing, exercise either the power conferred by paragraph (a) or by paragraph (b) of that subsection.
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(5) In this section—
“interim order” means an interim protection order, an interim occupation order or an interim tenancy order as the case may be;
“order” means a protection order, an occupation order or a tenancy order, as the case may be, not being an interim order.