Domestic Violence Act 1996
Allows for a partner in a same-sex cohabiting relationship to apply for safety order or an interim protection order but does not allow for a permanent barring order which is available to married couples and opposite-sex couples. This has since been changed. See Civil Law (Misc Provisions) Act 2011 below.
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