Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In making a police
order a police officer may impose such restraints on the lawful activities and
behaviour of a person as the officer considers appropriate to prevent a person
—
(a)
committing family violence; or
(b)
behaving in a manner that could reasonably be expected to cause the person
seeking to be protected to apprehend that they will have family violence
committed against them.
(2) Without limiting
the restraints that may be imposed, a police officer may restrain a person
from doing all or any of the following —
(a)
being on or near premises where a person lives or works;
(b)
approaching within a specified distance of another person;
(c)
causing or allowing another person to engage in conduct of a type referred to
in paragraph (a) or (b).
(3) A restraint may be
imposed on a person on such terms as the police officer considers appropriate.
(4) A police order may
restrain a person from entering or remaining in a place, or restrict a
person’s access to a place, even if the person has a legal or equitable
right to be at the place.
(5) A police officer
making a police order is to ensure that the order made is as least restrictive
of the personal rights and liberties of the person to be bound by the order as
possible while still ensuring that the person for whose benefit the order is
made is protected from acts of abuse.
[Section 30C inserted: No. 38 of 2004 s. 18(1);
amended: No. 49 of 2016 s. 37.]