(1) For the purposes of this Act, offences arise from the same incident only if they are committed within a single period of 24 hours and are committed against the same person.
(2) For the purposes of this Act and without limiting the meaning of disability given by section 3, a person has a disability if he or she is a forensic patient or a forensic resident within the meaning of the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 .
(3) A reference to doing a thing "in person" in
this Act is a reference to doing the thing by personal attendance at a
place—it is not sufficient to attend the place by telephone or by any
other electronic means.
Part 2—Offenders to whom Act applies
Pt 2 Div. 1 (Heading) inserted by No. 25/2017 s. 5.
Division 1—Registrable offenders