(1) Where a protection order or an interim protection order is made and—
(a) it is served personally on the respondent; and
(b) the respondent contravenes the order in any respect,
the respondent commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) Subject to this section, where a protection order is in force, a police officer may arrest without warrant a person who he or she has reasonable cause to suspect has committed a breach of the order.
(3) A person shall not be arrested under this section unless the police officer believes that the arrest of that person is reasonably necessary for the protection of the applicant.
(4) For the purpose of subsection (2), the police officer shall take into account—
(a) the seriousness of the act which constituted the alleged breach; and
(b) the restraining effect of other persons or circumstances on the respondent.
(5) Despite this section a police officer may in the absence of a protection order take such steps as may be necessary and appropriate including the exercise of the power of arrest for the protection of any member of a household where he or she knows or has good cause to believe that a person is the object of domestic violence and is likely to be further abused.