Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00441:clause:4_9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00441
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 9
Character Range: 122150–122733

9  Subsection 4(1)
Insert:

abuse, in relation to a child, means:
 (a) an assault, including a sexual assault, of the child which is an offence under a law, written or unwritten, in force in the State or Territory in which the act constituting the assault occurs; or
 (b) a person involving the child in a sexual activity with that person or another person in which the child is used, directly or indirectly, as a sexual object by the first‑mentioned person or the other person, and where there is unequal power in the relationship between the child and the first‑mentioned person.