Restraining Orders Act 1997

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

affidavit 3(1)

aid 61B(1)

application 3(1)

assault 3(1)

authorised magistrate 3(1)

authorised person 3(1)

behaviour change order 10I, 10M(1)

behaviour change programme 10I, 10P(1)

behaviour change programme provider 10I, 10P(3)

behaviour management order 10I

bound person 61B(1)

CEO (child welfare) 3(1)

child 3(1)

child welfare law 50B(4)

child welfare officer 3(1)

co-licensee 71(2)

Commissioner of Police 3(1)

conduct agreement 10H(1)

conduct agreement order 3(1), 10H

consent order 3(1)

conviction 61A(1)

corresponding law 3(1)

court 3(1), 10I

cyber-stalking 3(1)

distributes 3(1)

earlier order 32(5)

eligibility assessment interview 10H(4), 10L(1)

eligibility assessment order 10I

eligibility assessment report 10I, 10L(1)

eligibility assessor 10I, 10O(1)

explosive 3(1)

explosives licence 3(1)

exposed 3(1), 6(1)

family court proceedings 2(1)

family member 3(1), 4(2)

family order 3(1), 5(1)

family relationship 4(1)

family violence 3(1), 5A(1)

family violence restraining order 3(1)

final order 3(1)

final order hearing 3(1)

firearm item 3(1)

firearms authorisation 3(1)

firearms order 71(1)

fix a hearing 2(1)

foreign restraining order 3(1)

FVRO 3(2)

imagined personal relationship 3(1)

interested party 70A(1)

interim order 3(1)

interstate order 74

intimate image 3(1)

kidnapping, or depriving the liberty of 3(1)

mention hearing 3(1)

misconduct restraining order 3(1)

MRO 3(2)

order 61B(1)

other personal relationship 4(2)

personal violence 2(1), 6(2)

person protected 3(1)

person seeking to be protected 3(1)

person who is bound 3(1)

police order 3(1)

prepare and serve 3(1)

prescribed form 3(1)

prescribed information 70A(1)

previous relevant offences 61A(2)

prisoner 16A(1)

proceeding 10I

proceedings under this Act 3(1)

property 2(1)

protected person 61B(1)

Public Advocate 3(1)

qualifying relevant offence 61A(2)

registered 3(1)

registered order 74

registrar 3(1), 74

related 4(2)

relevant offence 61A(1)

remote communication 62D(8)

representation 44A(3), 53E(4)

respondent 3(1), 30I(3), 43A(1)

responsible person 71(1)

restrained person 71(1)

restraining order 3(1)

review date 73A(1)

satisfied 3(1)

senior officer 62D(8)

sexual assault 3(1)

specified 2(1)

stalking 3(1)

telephone application 3(1)

telephone order 3(1)

third party 68(1)

under this Act 70(4)

variation or cancellation order 10I, 10T(1)

victim 10V(2)

video link 53B(4)

violence restraining order 3(1)

violent personal offence 63A(1A), 63B(1)

VRO 3(2)

wellbeing 3(1)

written reasons 61A(8), 67(3A)

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