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Personal Violence Act 2016
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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
Objects and important concepts Part 2
Important concepts Division 2.2