Interim barring orders were created to protect women where the court is of the opinion that there are reasonable grounds for believing that there is an immediate risk of significant harm to the applicant or any dependent person if the order is not made immediately, and the granting of a protection order would not be sufficient to protect the applicant or any dependent person. The rescinding of the interim barring order has created a vacuum in which women are without adequate recourse to legal protection and it is imperative that the current wait of ten to 12 days before a barring order hearing takes place is reduced to seven days. Senator Terry referred to an eight day period and that would also be acceptable.