8Meaning of “stalking”

8 Meaning of “stalking”

8 Meaning of “stalking”

(1) In this Act, stalking includes the following—

(a) the following of a person about,

(b) the watching or frequenting of the vicinity of, or an approach to, a person’s place of residence, business or work or any place that a person frequents for the purposes of any social or leisure activity,

(b1) the monitoring or tracking of a person’s activities, communications or movements—

(i) whether by using technology or in another way, and

(ii) whether or not the monitoring or tracking involves contacting or otherwise approaching the person,

(c) contacting or otherwise approaching a person using the internet or any other technologically assisted means.

(2) For the purpose of determining whether a person’s conduct amounts to stalking, a court may have regard to any pattern of violence (especially violence constituting a domestic violence offence) in the person’s behaviour.

s 8: Am 2018 No 84, Sch 1 [3]; 2024 No 59, Sch 1[3].