DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 (NO 34 OF 2007) - SECT 8 Economic abuse
DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 (NO 34 OF 2007) - SECT 8
Economic abuse"Economic abuse", of a person, includes any of the following conduct (or any combination of them):
(a) coercing the person to relinquish control over assets or income;
Example of coercion for paragraph (a)
Using stand-over tactics to obtain the person's credit card.
(b) unreasonably disposing of property (whether owned by the person or owned jointly with the person or someone else) without consent;
(c) unreasonably preventing the person from taking part in decisions over household expenditure or the disposition of joint property;
(d) withholding money reasonably necessary for the maintenance of the person or a child of the person.