Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person may
institute proceedings in a court for an injunction in relation to a matter
arising out of a de facto relationship and the court hearing the
proceedings may make an order or grant an injunction as it considers proper
with respect to the proceedings, including —
(a) an
injunction for the personal protection of a de facto partner;
(b) an
injunction restraining a de facto partner from entering or remaining in
—
(i)
the home previously shared by the de facto partners;
(ii)
a de facto partner’s principal place of residence;
(iii)
a place of residence or work of a de facto partner;
or
(iv)
a specified area that contains a place of a kind referred
to in this paragraph;
(c) an
injunction in relation to the property of a de facto partner; or
(d) an
injunction relating to the use or occupancy of the home previously shared by
the de facto partner.
(2) In any proceedings
under this Act (other than proceedings to which subsection (1) applies)
the court hearing the proceedings may grant an injunction with respect to a
matter to which the proceedings relate, by interlocutory order or otherwise,
in any case in which it appears to the court to be just or convenient to do
so.
(3) An injunction or
order under this section may be granted unconditionally or on such terms
and conditions as a court considers appropriate.
[Section 235A inserted by No. 25 of 2002
s. 48.]