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EVIDENCE ACT 1929 - SECT 34U

34U—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Division—

"abuse" has the same meaning as in the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 and, for the purposes of this definition—

            (a)         a single act may amount to abuse; and

            (b)         a number of acts that form part of a pattern of behaviour may amount to abuse, even though some or all of those acts, when viewed in isolation, may appear to be minor or trivial; and

            (c)         a person may commit an act of abuse by causing or allowing another person to commit the act or to take part in the commission of the act;

"family violence", in relation to a person, means an act or acts of abuse committed against the person by a member of the person's family;

"member of a person's family"—the following persons are members of a person's family:

            (a)         a person who is, or was, a spouse of the person;

            (b)         a person who is, or was, a domestic partner of the person;

            (c)         a person who is, or was, in an intimate personal relationship with the person (not being a marriage or domestic partnership);

            (d)         a person who is, or was, a parent, grandparent or step-parent of the person;

            (e)         a sibling or step-sibling of the person;

            (f)         a child, grandchild or step-child of the person;

            (g)         a person who, according to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander kinship rules, is a member of a culturally recognised family group of the person;

            (h)         a guardian of the person;

                  (i)         a carer of the person (within the meaning of the Carers Recognition Act 2005 );

            (j)         a person (not being a person referred to in a preceding paragraph) who is, or was, a member of the household of the person;

            (k)         any other person prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph,

and "family member" has a corresponding meaning.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Division, a reference to proceedings related to the offence includes a reference to any committal or interlocutory proceedings related to the offence.



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