Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts Australian Capital Territory Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) A related victim in relation to a deceased primary victim is a person who, at the time of the primary victim's death, had any of the following relationships with him or her:
(a) the person was a close family member in relation to the primary victim;
(b) the person was a dependant of the primary victim;
(c) the person had an intimate personal relationship with the primary victim.
(2) In this section:
"close family member", in relation to a deceased primary victim, means a person who had a genuine personal relationship with the victim at the time of the victim's death, and who was, at that time—
(a) the domestic partner of the victim; or
Note For the meaning of domestic partner , see the Legislation Act
, s 169.
(b) a parent, guardian or step-parent of the victim; or
(c) a child or stepchild of the victim, or some other child of whom the victim is the guardian; or
(d) a brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother or half-sister of the victim.
"dependant", in relation to a deceased primary victim, means—
(a) a person who was wholly or partly dependent for economic support on the victim at the time of the victim's death; or
(b) a person who would have been wholly or partly dependent for economic support on the victim's income at the time of the victim's death but for the incapacity of the victim because of the criminal injury that resulted in the victim's death; or
(c) a child of the victim born after the victim's death who would have been a dependant of the victim under paragraph (a) or (b) if he or she had been born before the victim's death.
"guardian "does not include the director-general responsible for administering the Children and Young People Act 2008
or any other person who is a guardian because of the person's occupation of a statutory office, whether within the ACT or elsewhere.