In this Division –

consort means consort in person or by any other means, including by electronic or other forms of communication;

convicted offender means a person who has been convicted of a serious offence and who has attained the age of 18 years;

dependant , in relation to a defendant, means a family member of the defendant who is wholly or mainly dependent on the defendant;

family member , in relation to a defendant, means –

(a) the spouse of the defendant; or

(b) if the defendant is in a significant relationship with a person, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , that person; or

(c) a child of the defendant; or

(d) a parent of the defendant; or

(e) a sibling of the defendant, including a half-brother or half-sister of the defendant; or

(f) if the defendant is an Aboriginal person within the meaning of the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 , a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a person who is, in relation to the defendant, a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e); or

(g) a relative, or step-relative, of the defendant, who lives with the defendant;

health care worker means a State Service employee, or other person, who is employed or engaged to provide health advice or health care;

official warning means a warning, authorised under section 20D(1) to be given, that has not been revoked under section 20D(6)(b) or section 20E(4)(b) ;

serious offence means –

(a) an indictable offence, whether the offence is tried on indictment or summarily; and

(b) an offence under the Firearms Act 1996 ; and

(c) an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 ; and

(d) an offence under the Sex Industry Offences Act 2005 ; and

(e) an offence under Part 8 of the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1995 ; and

(f) an offence, under a law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory, or another country, that, if the offence had occurred in this State, would be an offence referred to in another paragraph of this definition.