Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) In this Act:
"affected person", in relation to a forensic patient, means a person who suffers harm because of an offence committed, or alleged to have been committed, by the forensic patient, and includes—
(a) a person (the primary affected person ) who suffers harm—
(i) in the course of, or as a result of, the commission of the offence; or
(ii) as a result of witnessing the offence; and
(b) a family member of the primary affected person who suffers harm because of the harm to the primary affected person; and
(c) a person who is financially or psychologically dependent on the primary affected person and who suffers harm because of the harm to the primary affected person; and
(d) if a person mentioned for this definition is a child or legally incompetent person—a guardian of the child or legally incompetent person.
Note An affected person may also be entitled to information and assistance as a victim of crime under the Victims of Crime Act 1994
.
(2) In this section:
"enduring power of attorney"—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006
"guardian" means—
(a) for a child—a parent, a legally appointed guardian of the child or someone else with parental responsibility for the child under the Children and Young People Act 2008
, division 1.3.2 (Parental responsibility); or
(b) for a legally incompetent person—a person who is—
(i) a legally appointed guardian of the legally incompetent person; or
(ii) an attorney, appointed under an enduring power of attorney that has become operative, for the legally incompetent person.
"harm" includes 1 or more of the following:
(a) physical injury;
(b) mental injury or emotional suffering (including grief);
(c) pregnancy;
(d) economic loss;
(e) substantial impairment of a person's legal rights.
"legally appointed guardian" means a guardian under the Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991
.
"legally incompetent person" means an adult who is subject to—
(a) an enduring power of attorney that has become operative; or
(b) a guardianship order.