PERSONAL VIOLENCE ACT 2016 - SECT 8 Meaning of personal violence

PERSONAL VIOLENCE ACT 2016 - SECT 8

    (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 violence.

Note     The Family Violence Act 2016

deals with protection orders etc for family violence.