Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 14A

    (1)     In this Act:

"close associate", for an incapable person—

        (a)     includes the following:

              (i)     the incapable person's domestic partner;

Note     Domestic partner —see the Legislation Act

, s 169 (1).

              (ii)     a carer of the incapable person;

              (iii)     a relative or friend of the incapable person; but

        (b)     does not include the following:

              (i)     a child;

              (ii)     a person who appears to have impaired decision-making capacity.

    (2)     In this section:

"carer", of an incapable person, means a person who gives, or arranges for the giving of, care and support to the incapable person in a domestic context but does not receive payment or reward for the care and support.

"friend", of an incapable person, means someone other than a relative who—

        (a)     is in a close personal relationship with the person; and

        (b)     has frequent contact with the person; and

        (c)     has a genuine personal interest in the person's welfare; and

        (d)     does not receive payment or reward for the contact.

"payment", for a carer, does not include a carer's pension (however described).

"relative", of an incapable person, means a son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law or grandparent of the person who—

        (a)     has frequent contact with the person; and

        (b)     has a genuine personal interest in the person's welfare; and

        (c)     does not receive payment or reward for the contact.