VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDERSA Restraining Order can be taken out against someone who is violent to you, threatens you or your property (including pets), harasses or intimidates you and you are concerned that it will continue.
A Violence Restraining Order can restrain a person (known as the respondent or when an order is made, the person bound) from either committing an act of abuse, breaching the peace, causing fear, damaging property or intimidating another person (known as the person seeking to be protected). | Quick Links
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At the discretion of the Court, Restraining Orders can also stop the respondent from:
Community Legal Centres, Women’s Refuges and other Domestic and Family Violence services can all assist and support you in applying for a Violence Restraining Order. You can also choose to have the first hearing in the absence of the respondent.
The Act also allows Western Australia Police Officers to make a ‘Police Order’ that can last for 24 or 72hours and restrains a person from committing an act of family and domestic violence by imposing restraints on their behaviour and activities. The restraints are similar to those that can be included in Violence Restraining Orders and can be applied at the discretion of the Police Officer.
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- Coming within a certain distance of you or your children;
- Being on or near your home, work or any other place specified within the order;
- Communicating or attempting to communicate with you, even through a third person;
- Living in or accessing the property where you both resided, prior to you obtaining the order;
- Preventing you from obtaining or using your personal property;
- Being in position of a firearm or firearms licence or obtaining a firearm or license; and/or
- Any other reasonable clause that will protect you and/or your children from acts of abuse.
Community Legal Centres, Women’s Refuges and other Domestic and Family Violence services can all assist and support you in applying for a Violence Restraining Order. You can also choose to have the first hearing in the absence of the respondent.
The Act also allows Western Australia Police Officers to make a ‘Police Order’ that can last for 24 or 72hours and restrains a person from committing an act of family and domestic violence by imposing restraints on their behaviour and activities. The restraints are similar to those that can be included in Violence Restraining Orders and can be applied at the discretion of the Police Officer.
Click Here for information on how to apply for a Violence Restraining Order
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