(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.
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