Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROTECTION ORDERS ACT 2008 (NO. 46 OF 2008) - SECT 9

    (1)     A person may apply under this Act for an order to protect an aggrieved person from domestic violence or personal violence by someone else (the respondent ).

Note 1     Section 18 and s 68 set out who can apply for a protection order.

Note 2     Section 20 limits who can be named as a respondent to a protection order.

Note 3     Violence is defined in the following sections:

              •     s 13 (What is domestic violence etc?)

              •     s 14 (What is personal violence ?)

              •     s 50 (What is personal violence for a workplace?).

    (2)     Two types of protection order are available, a domestic violence order (see section 10) and a personal protection order (see section 11).