/ Act Domestic Violence Act 2010 (b) repeatedly making abusive telephone calls or causing another person to make abusive telephone call s to the victim, whether or not a conversation ensues ; (c) repeatedly sending, delivering or causin g the delivery of offensive or abusive letters, telegrams, packages, facsimiles, electronic mail, telephone text messages or similar objects to the victim; or (d) repeatedly following, pursuin g or accostin g th e victim with the intention of inducing fear, harm , annoyance . or aggravation to the victim; "intimidation" mean s utterin g a threat or causin g a victi m to receive a threat, which induces fear; "Mini ster" means the Ministe r responsible for Gender, Labour and Social Development; "perpetrator" mean s a person who is alleged to commit an actual or threatened act of domesti c vio lence; "physical abuse" means any act or conduct which is of such a nature as to cause bodily pain , harm or danger to life, limb, or health or which impairs the health or development of the victim; and includes assault, criminal intimidation and criminal force ; "practitioner" means a person registered under section 21 of the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act to practi se medi cine, surgery or dentistry and includes a clinical officer; "protection order" mean s a court order prohibiting domesti c violence, restricting a person fro m harassing or threatening another person or restrainin g a person from contacting or approachin g another person; "sexual ab use" includes any conduct of a sex ual nature that abuses, humiliates, degrades or otherwise violates the dignity of another person ;