(1) In this Act
—
family relationship means a relationship between 2
persons —
(a) who
are, or were, married to each other; or
(b) who
are, or were, in a de facto relationship with each other; or
(c) who
are, or were, related to each other; or
(d) one
of whom is a child who —
(i)
ordinarily resides, or resided, with the other person; or
(ii)
regularly resides or stays, or resided or stayed, with
the other person;
or
(e) one
of whom is, or was, a child of whom the other person is a guardian; or
(f) who
have, or had, an intimate personal relationship, or other personal
relationship, with each other; or
(g) one
of whom is the former spouse or former de facto partner of the other
person’s current spouse or current de facto partner.
(2) In subsection (1)
—
other personal relationship means a personal
relationship of a domestic nature in which the lives of the persons are, or
were, interrelated and the actions of one person affects, or affected, the
other person;
related , in relation to a person, means a person
who —
(a) is
related to that person taking into consideration the cultural, social or
religious backgrounds of the 2 persons; or
(b) is
related to the person’s —
(i)
spouse or former spouse; or
(ii)
de facto partner or former de facto partner.
(3) In this Act a
person is a family member of another person if the persons are in a family
relationship.
[Section 4 inserted: No. 38 of 2004 s. 6; amended:
No. 49 of 2016 s. 6; No. 30 of 2020 s. 53.]