Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts Australian Capital Territory Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) For this Act, a person's conduct is domestic violence if it—
(a) causes physical or personal injury to a relevant person; or
(b) causes damage to the property of a relevant person; or
(c) is directed at a relevant person and is a domestic violence offence; or
(d) is a threat, made to a relevant person, to do anything in relation to the relevant person or another relevant person that, if done, would fall under paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or
(e) is harassing or offensive to a relevant person; or
(f) is directed at a pet of a relevant person and is an animal violence offence; or
(g) is a threat, made to a relevant person, to do anything to a pet of the person or another relevant person that, if done, would be an animal violence offence.
Note Relevant person —see s 15 (1).
(2) In this Act:
"domestic violence offence" means an offence against—
(a) section 90 (which is about contravening protection orders); or
(b) a provision mentioned in an item in schedule 1 (Domestic violence offences against other legislation) of an Act mentioned in the item.
(3) In this section:
"animal violence offence "means an offence against any of the following provisions of the Animal Welfare Act 1992
:
(a) section 7 (Cruelty);
(b) section 7A (Aggravated cruelty);
(c) section 12 (Administering poison);
(d) section 12A (Laying poison);
(e) section 13 (Electrical devices).
"offence", other than in relation to the Public Order (Protection of Persons and Property) Act 1971
(Cwlth), section 11 (Additional offences on premises in a Territory), includes conduct, engaged in outside the ACT, that would be an offence if it were engaged in within the ACT.
"personal injury" includes nervous shock.