Section 7Part 2 — PROTECTION, OCCUPATION AND TENANCY ORDERSAmended
Matters to be considered
←→ Navigate · Click subsection badges to collapse · Press ? for help
In determining whether or not to impose one or more of the prohibitions or directions specified under section 6, a court shall have regard to the following —
the nature, history or pattern of the violence that has occurred and whether a previous protection order or interim order has been issued;
the need to protect the applicant and any other person for whose benefit the protection order has been granted from further domestic violence;
the welfare of any child;
the accommodation needs of the applicant and any other person;
the hardship that may be caused as a result of making of the order;
the income, assets and financial obligations of the respondent, the applicant and any other person affected by the order;
the need to preserve and protect the institution of marriage, the civil partnership and other relationships while affording protection and assistance to the family as a unit; or
any other matter, that in the circumstances of the case, the court considers relevant.