Personal Violence Restraining Orders Act 2016

In this Act:

child means a person under the age of 18 years.

Court means the Local Court.

defendant, for a personal violence restraining order, means the person against whom the order is in force.

economic abuse, see section 7.

interim personal violence restraining order, see section 19(1).

intimidation, see section 5(1).

personal violence offence, see section 4.

personal violence restraining order, see section 10.

protected person, for a personal violence restraining order, means the person for whose protection the order is in force.

registrar, see section 3 of the Local Court Act

2015.

stalking, see section 6.

Note for section 3

The Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be relevant to this Act.