New Zealand Acts

HARASSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 19

19 Standard conditions of restraining orders

1 It is a condition of every restraining order that, except as permitted under any special condition of the restraining order, the respondent must not—

a) do, or threaten to do, any specified act to the person for whose protection the order is made; or

b) encourage any person to do any specified act to the person for whose protection the order is made, where the specified act, if done by the respondent, would be prohibited by the order.

1A It is a condition of every restraining order that applies to a continuing act within the meaning of section 3 that the respondent must take reasonable steps to prevent the specified act from continuing.

2 Where, under a direction made under section 18 , a restraining order applies against an associated respondent, the provisions of this section apply, with all necessary modifications, in respect of the associated respondent.

Note: 1995 No 86 s 19

History: Section 19(1A): inserted, on 3 July 2015, by section 34 of the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 (2015 No 63).