(1) In this
Part—
"close personal relationship" has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the
Family Relationships Act 1975 ;
"consorting prohibition notice" means a notice issued by a
senior police officer under section 66A(1);
"Court" means the Magistrates Court;
"criminal intelligence" means information relating to actual or suspected
criminal activity (whether in this State or elsewhere) the disclosure of which
could reasonably be expected to prejudice criminal investigations, to enable
the discovery of the existence or identity of a confidential source of
information relevant to law enforcement or to endanger a person's life or
physical safety;
"offence of violence" means an offence where the offender—
(a) uses
a weapon, or threatens to use a weapon, against another; or
(b)
inflicts serious harm on another, or threatens to inflict serious harm on
another,
for the purpose of committing the offence, or escaping from the scene of the
offence;
"prescribed offence" means—
(a) an
offence against Part 5 Division 2 of the Controlled Substances
Act 1984 or a corresponding offence against a previous enactment; or
(b) an
indictable offence against the Firearms Act 2015 ; or
(c) an
indictable offence of violence; or
(d) a
serious and organised crime offence; or
(e) an
offence involving extortion or money laundering; or
(f) any
attempt to commit, or assault with intent to commit, any of the foregoing
offences; or
(g) an
offence against the law of another jurisdiction that would, if committed in
this State, constitute any of the foregoing offences;
"recipient"—see section 66A(1);
"senior police officer" means a police officer of or above the rank of
superintendent;
"spouse"—a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married.
(2) For the purposes
of this Part—
(a) a
person may "consort" with another person by any means including by letter,
telephone or fax or by email or other electronic means; and
(b) a
person is a "close family member" of another person if—
(i)
1 is a spouse or former spouse of the other or is, or has
been, in a close personal relationship with the other; or
(ii)
1 is a parent or grandparent of the other (whether by
blood or by marriage); or
(iii)
1 is a brother or sister of the other (whether by blood
or by marriage); or
(iv)
1 is a guardian or carer of the other.