Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) In deciding an application for a workplace order, the Magistrates Court must consider the following:
(a) the objects of this Act (set out in section 6) and the principles for making protection orders (set out in section 7);
(b) any hardship that may be caused to the respondent or anyone else because of the making of a workplace order;
(c) if the respondent has previously engaged in conduct that is domestic violence, personal violence or personal violence in relation to a workplace—that conduct;
(d) if a protection order has previously been made in relation to the respondent—the protection order;
(e) if the respondent has previously contravened a protection order—the contravention;
(f) the need to ensure that property in the workplace is protected from damage.
Note This section does not apply to consent orders (see s 43 (2) (b)).
(2) The Magistrates Court may also consider anything else that is relevant.
(3) In subsection (1) (d) and (e):
"protection order "includes the following orders:
(a) an order under a law of a State, another Territory or New Zealand that has the same effect or substantially the same effect as a protection order;
(b) a protection order made under the Domestic Violence Agencies Act 1986 as in force at any time;
(c) a protection order made under the Domestic Violence and Protection Orders Act 2001 as in force at any time;
(d) a restraining order made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 before 27 March 2002.