Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROTECTION ORDERS ACT 2008 (NO. 46 OF 2008) - SECT 54

    (1)     A workplace order may contain the conditions or prohibitions the Magistrates Court considers necessary or desirable.

Note     This Act (including this section) is subject to the objects set out in s 6 and the principles for making protection orders set out in s 7.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), the order may do 1 or more of the following:

        (a)     prohibit the respondent from entering the workplace;

        (b)     prohibit the respondent from being within a particular distance from the workplace;

        (c)     prohibit the respondent from contacting, harassing, threatening or intimidating an employee at the workplace;

        (d)     prohibit the respondent from damaging property in the workplace;

        (e)     prohibit the respondent from causing someone else to do something mentioned in paragraph (c) or (d);

        (f)     state the conditions on which the respondent may enter or approach the workplace, or approach or contact an employee.

    (3)     A workplace order made as a consent order may contain a condition or prohibition mentioned in subsection (2), but it is not necessary for the Magistrates Court to consider whether the condition or prohibition is necessary or desirable.

Note 1     An interim order may be made on application for a final order (see  s 30).

Note 2     See s 46 for the grounds for making final orders (other than workplace orders) and s 52 for the grounds for making workplace orders.