Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The main purpose of this Act is to provide for the safety and protection of a person in the case of domestic violence committed by someone else if any of the following domestic relationships exist between the 2 persons--
(a) a spousal relationship;
(b) an intimate personal relationship;
(c) a family relationship;
(d) an informal care relationship.
(2) The way in which the main purpose of this Act is to be achieved is by allowing a court to make a domestic violence order to provide protection for the person against further domestic violence.