Personal Violence Act 2016
30Conditions—personal protection orders
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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