Western Australian Current Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 10A

10A .         Objects

                The objects of this Part are as follows —

            (a)         to maximise the safety of persons who have experienced, or are at risk of, family violence;

            (b)         to prevent, or reduce to the greatest extent possible, the incidence and consequences of family violence;

            (c)         to protect the wellbeing of children by preventing them from being subjected or exposed to family violence;

            (d)         to encourage perpetrators of family violence to accept responsibility for their behaviour and the effect it has on others;

            (e)         to make perpetrators of family violence accountable to the court for contraventions of court-imposed restrictions designed to prevent them from committing further family violence.

        [Section 10A inserted: No. 49 of 2016 s. 14.]