Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1998 (NO. 37 OF 1998) - SECT 4

    Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—

        (a)     by omitting “ section 4” from the definition of “protection order” and substituting “ subsection 4 (1)”;

        (b)     by omitting the definition of “domestic violence offence” and substituting the following definition:

“ ‘domestic violence offence' means an offence referred to in paragraph 4A (1) (c);”;

        (c)     by omitting the definition of “household member”; and

        (d)     by inserting the following definitions:

“ ‘Community Advocate' means the Community Advocate appointed under the Community Advocate Act 1991 ;

‘domestic violence' has the meaning given by section 4A;

‘MC (CJ) Act' means the Magistrates Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Act 1982 ;

‘relevant person', in relation to a person, means—

        (a)     a spouse of the person;

        (b)     a child of a spouse of the person;

        (c)     a relative of the person; or

        (d)     a person who normally resides, or was normally resident in, the same household as the person (other than as a tenant or boarder);”.