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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 199
Definition of act of violence
199 Definition of act of violence
(1) New section 25 applies in relation to an act of violence that is domestic
violence only if the domestic violence is committed on or after the
commencement.
(2) However, subsection (3) applies if— (a) a person dies or
suffers injury as a direct result of 2 or more acts or omissions constituting
domestic violence; and
(b) at least 1 of the acts or omissions was committed
before the commencement; and
(c) at least 1 of the acts or omissions is
committed on or after the commencement; and
(d) had all of the acts or
omissions been committed after the commencement, all of the acts or omissions
would have formed part of a series of related acts of domestic violence under
new section 25B.
(3) All of the acts or omissions are taken to be a series of
related acts of domestic violence. Note— Under section 204, the
availability of financial assistance for an act of violence that is a series
of related acts of domestic violence to which subsection (3) applies is
limited to expenses incurred on or after the commencement.
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