Personal Violence Act 2016
8Meaning of personal violence
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8 Meaning of personal violence (1) In this Act: personal violence means any of the following behaviour by a person in relation to another person: (a) physical violence or abuse; (b) sexual violence or abuse; (c) threatening behaviour; (d) stalking; (e) harassing, intimidating or offensive behaviour; (f) damaging property. (2) For this Act, a reference to personal violence by a person in relation to a workplace means behaviour by the person of a kind mentioned in— (a) subsection (1) (a) to (e) in relation to a person at the workplace; or (b) subsection (1) (f) in relation to property at the workplace that causes reasonable fear to a person at the workplace. Note A workplace protection order is only available in relation to an employee, an employer or another person at a workplace and only the employer at the workplace may apply for the order (see s 13 and dict, def affected person). (3) However, a person’s conduct is not personal violence if it is family Note The Family Violence Act 2016 deals with protection orders etc for family
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