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CRIMES (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 2) 1997 (NO. 23 OF 1997) - SECT 4

Interpretation

4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions: “ ‘child'—

        (a)     means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years; and

        (b)     in relation to a person, includes a child—

              (i)     who normally or regularly resides with the person; or

              (ii)     of whom the person is a guardian;

‘de facto spouse', in relation to a person, means a person of the opposite sex to the first-mentioned person who is living with the first-mentioned person as that person's husband or wife although not legally married to the first-mentioned person;
‘domestic violence offence' means—

        (a)     an offence against a provision of this Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 or an attempt to commit such an offence;

        (b)     an offence against section 27 of the Domestic Violence Act 1986 ; or

        (c)     an offence against section 129 of the Motor Traffic Act 1936 ;

committed by a person so as to cause physical or emotional harm to—

        (d)     a spouse of the person;

        (e)     a child of the person or of a spouse of the person;

        (f)     a relative; or

        (g)     a household member;

‘household member', in relation to a person, means a person who normally resides, or was normally resident, in the same household as the first-mentioned person (other than as a tenant or boarder);
‘relative', in relation to a person—

        (a)     means—

              (i)     the father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, step-father, step-mother, father-in-law or mother-in-law of the person;

              (ii)     the son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, step-son, step-daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law of the person;

              (iii)     the brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, step-brother, step-sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law of the person;

              (iv)     the uncle, aunt, uncle-in-law or aunt-in-law of the person;

              (v)     the nephew or niece of the person; or

              (vi)     the cousin of the person;

        (b)     includes a person who would have been a relative of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) if the first-mentioned person had been legally married to his or her de facto spouse; and

        (c)     includes a former relative of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

‘spouse' includes former spouse, de facto spouse and former de facto spouse;”.


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