Victorian Current Acts

PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2018 - SECT 3

In this Act—

"Agency" means the Family Violence Prevention Agency established under section 5;

"Board "means the Board of the Agency established under section 16;

"chairperson" means the person appointed as chairperson under section 22;

"chief executive officer" means the person appointed as chief executive officer under  section 24;

"Department" has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

"family violence "has the same meaning as in the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 ;

"guidelines of the Secretary" means guidelines issued, or varied, under section 12;

"guiding principles" means the principles set out in  section 4;

"Ministerial guidelines" means guidelines issued, or varied, under section 11;

"organisation" means a person or body that carries out or intends to carry out a program;

"program" means a program in relation to the prevention of family violence and violence against women;

"public sector employee" has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

"Secretary" means the Department Head (within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004 ) of the Department of Health and Human Services;

"violence against women" means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.