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PERSONAL SAFETY INTERVENTION ORDERS ACT 2010 - SECT 7 Meaning of harassment

PERSONAL SAFETY INTERVENTION ORDERS ACT 2010 - SECT 7

Meaning of harassment

For the purposes of this Act, "harassment" means a course of conduct by a person towards another person that is demeaning, derogatory or intimidating and     includes such conduct that is carried on by or through a third person.

Examples to s. 7 amended by No. 3/2021 s. 65.

Examples

A makes derogatory taunts to B, including racial taunts or taunts about B's sexual orientation or gender identity.

A sexually harasses B.

A, a former employee of B, repeatedly telephones B at her workplace and makes insulting remarks about B to the person who answers the telephone.

A encourages another child to taunt B.

A repeatedly leaves pamphlets in B's mailbox that state that it is wrong to gender transition and that everyone's gender expression should match the sex they were assigned at birth.