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Personal Violence Act 2016
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30 Conditions—personal protection orders
(1) A personal protection order may include the conditions the
Magistrates Court considers necessary having regard to section 28
and section 29.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a personal protection order may do
1 or more of the following:
(a) prohibit the respondent from being on premises where the
protected person lives;
Note Section 31 sets out matters to be considered when including a
condition prohibiting a respondent from being on premises where
the respondent lives.
(b) prohibit the respondent from being on premises where the
protected person works;
(c) prohibit the respondent from being on premises where the
protected person is likely to be;
(d) prohibit the respondent from being in a particular place;
(e) prohibit the respondent from being within a particular distance
from the protected person;
(f) prohibit the respondent locating or attempting to locate the
protected person;
(g) prohibit the respondent from contacting the protected person;
(h) prohibit the respondent from doing anything that is personal
violence in relation to the protected person;
(i) prohibit the respondent from doing anything mentioned in
paragraphs (e) to (h) in relation to—
(i) a child of the protected person; or
(ii) any other child if the Magistrates Court is satisfied that
there is an unacceptable risk of the child being exposed to
personal violence;
(j) prohibit the respondent from causing someone else to do
something mentioned in paragraphs (f) to (i);
(k) state the conditions on which the respondent may—
(i) be on particular premises; or
(ii) be in a particular place; or
(iii) approach or contact a particular person; or
(iv) locate or attempt to locate the protected person.
Conditions of protection orders Division 3.6