person who made the report. The Personal Safety Order Act and the Family Violence Act both state that a Magistrate cannot place a Personal Order against a family member. The Personal Safety Order Act family member has the meaning given in section 8 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008; family violence intervention order means a family violence intervention order within the meaning of section 11 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008; For the purposes of this Act, harassment means a course of conduct by a person towards another person that is demeaning, derogatory or intimidating and includes such conduct that is carried on by or through a third person. 5 Meaning of prohibited behaviour (c) harassment; or (d) property damage or interference; or Meaning of property damage or interference For the purposes of this Act, property damage or interference means repeated, intentional— (a) damage to, or destruction of, any property of a person, including a person's pet; (b) substantial interference with any property of a person, including withholding any property of a person; (c) threats to damage, destroy or substantially interfere with any property of a person. 9 Meaning of serious threat For the purposes of this Act, a serious threat means— (a) a threat to kill, within the meaning of section 20 of the Crimes Act 1958; 10 Meaning of stalking (1) A person (the first person) stalks another person (the second person) if the first person engages in a course of conduct— (a) with the intention of causing physical or mental harm to the second person, including self-harm, or of arousing apprehension or fear in the second person for his or her own safety or that of any other person; and (iv) causing an unauthorised computer function (within the meaning of Subdivision 6 of Division 3 of Part I of the Crimes Act
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