Family Violence Act 2018

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Standard conditions of protection orders

90 Standard conditions: no family violence, no contact, no having others breach order

A protection order has, as standard conditions, that the respondent must not—

(a)

engage in behaviour that amounts to any form of family violence against the protected person (see sections 9, 10, and 11):

(b)

make any contact with the protected person that is not contact authorised under or by section 91 or 96 (which describe the condition in this paragraph as the standard no-contact condition):

(c)

encourage a person to engage in behaviour against, or to make contact with, a protected person if the behaviour or contact, if engaged in or made by the respondent, would be prohibited by the protection order.

Compare: 1995 No 86 s 19