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FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2004 - SECT 7

PART 2 - Family violence offences Family violence

In this Act –
family violence means –
(a) any of the following types of conduct committed by a person, directly or indirectly, against that person's spouse or partner:
(i) assault, including (but not limited to) sexual assault, indecent assault and aggravated assault;
(ii) threats, coercion, intimidation or verbal abuse;
(iii) abduction;
(iv) stalking and bullying within the meaning of section 192 of the Criminal Code ;
(v) rape;
(vi) wounding or bodily harm, including grievous bodily harm and committing an unlawful act intended to cause bodily harm;
(vii) penetrative sexual abuse of a child, a young person or a person with a mental impairment;
(viii) any other conduct that causes personal injury;
(ix) attempting or threatening to commit conduct referred to in subparagraph (i) , (ii) , (iii) (iv) , (v) , (vi) , (vii) or (viii) ; or
(b) any of the following:
(i) economic abuse;
(ii) emotional abuse or intimidation;
(iii) contravening an external family violence order, an interim FVO, an FVO or a PFVO; or
(c) any damage caused by a person, directly or indirectly, to any property –
(i) jointly owned by that person and his or her spouse or partner; or
(ii) owned by that person's spouse or partner; or
(iii) owned by an affected child.



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