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In this Act, domestic violence offence means an offence committed by a person against another person with whom the person who commits the offence has (or has had) a domestic relationship, being:

1. a personal violence offence, or

2. an offence (other than a personal violence offence) that arises from substantially the same circumstances as those from which a personal violence offence has arisen, or

3. an offence (other than a personal violence offence) the commission of which is intended to coerce or control the person against whom it is committed or to cause that person to be intimidated or fearful (or both).

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1. For the purposes of this Act, intimidation of a person means:

1. conduct (including cyberbullying) amounting to harassment or molestation of the person, or

Note. An example of cyberbullying may be the bullying of a person by publication or transmission of offensive material over social media or via email.

1. an approach made to the person by any means (including by telephone, telephone text messaging, e-mailing and other technologically assisted means) that causes the person to fear for his or her safety, or

2. any conduct that causes a reasonable apprehension of injury to a person or to a person with whom he or she has a domestic relationship, or of violence or damage to any person or property.

3. For the purpose of determining whether a person’s conduct amounts to intimidation, a court may have regard to any pattern of violence (especially violence constituting a domestic violence offence) in the person’s behaviour.

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In this Act, stalking includes the following:

1. the following of a person about,

2. the watching or frequenting of the vicinity of, or an approach to, a person’s place of residence, business or work or any place that a person frequents for the purposes of any social or leisure activity,

3. contacting or otherwise approaching a person using the internet or any other technologically assisted means.

2. For the purpose of determining whether a person’s conduct amounts to stalking, a court may have regard to any pattern of violence (especially violence constituting a domestic violence offence) in the person’s behaviour.

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(ii)

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(i)

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16 (a) the commission by the other person of a ***domestic violence offence***

against the person, or

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(b) the engagement of the other person in conduct in which the other

Person:

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s 17(1)
'safety and protection of the protected person and any child  directly or indirectly affected' by the conduct of the defendant alleged in the application for the order

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Engagement the other person conduct in which the other person:

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Engagement the other person conduct in which the other person:

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- s 11 (1)
(a) Personal violence offence

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s 16 - the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the person has reasonable grounds to fear the commission of a domestic violence offence against the person. As such, it's made under Civil standards.

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ss5 + ss5A
- married to the person
- de facto relationship
- intimate  personal relationship
- persons living (or has lived with the person)
- persons in a r/ship of ongoing, dependent care
- relative (s 6) of the other person
- dependent and paid carer

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Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007
Domestic Violence Offence

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ADVO or APVO - Apprehended Domestic Violence Order or Apprehended Personal Violence Order

ADVO - s11
APVO - s4

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Reasonable grounds to fear - Objective standard
- Has or Had a domestic relationship with the person
s 16
'to fear and in fact fears'