Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 - SECT 6

    (1)     Intimidation of a person is:

        (a)     harassment of the person; or

Examples of harassment for paragraph (a)

1     Regular and unwanted contacting of the person, including by mail, phone, text messages, fax, the internet or another form of electronic communication.

2     Giving or sending offensive material to the person.

        (b)     any conduct that causes a reasonable apprehension of:

            (i)     violence to the person; or

            (ii)     damage to the property of the person, including the injury or death of an animal that is the person's property; or

Example of conduct for paragraph (b)(i)

Sexually coercive behaviour.

        (c)     any conduct that has the effect of unreasonably controlling the person or causes the person mental harm.

    (2)     For deciding whether a person's conduct amounts to intimidation, consideration may be given to a pattern of conduct (especially domestic violence) in the person's behaviour.