New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 8

8 Meaning of "stalking"

(1) In this Act,
"stalking" includes the following--

(a) the following of a person about,

(b) 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,

(b1) the monitoring or tracking of a person's activities, communications or movements--

(i) whether by using technology or in another way, and

(ii) whether or not the monitoring or tracking involves contacting or otherwise approaching the person,

(c) 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.