Western Australian Current Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 30B

30B .         Matters to be considered by police officer generally

                In considering whether to make a police order, and the terms of a police order, a police officer is to have regard to the following —

            (a)         the need to ensure that a person is protected from family violence;

            (b)         the need to prevent behaviour that could reasonably be expected to cause the person seeking to be protected to apprehend that they will have family violence committed against them;

            (c)         the need to ensure the wellbeing of children by protecting them from family violence, behaviour referred to in paragraph (b) or otherwise being exposed to family violence;

        [(d)         deleted]

            (e)         the accommodation needs of the persons involved;

            (f)         hardship that may be caused if the order is made;

            (g)         any similar behaviour by any person involved, whether in relation to the same person or otherwise;

            (h)         any other matter the police officer considers relevant.

        [Section 30B inserted: No. 38 of 2004 s. 18(1); amended: No. 38 of 2004 s. 57(5); No. 49 of 2016 s. 36.]