Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00034:clause:6_26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00034
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 26
Character Range: 140569–141414

26  At the end of section 270.10 of the Criminal Code
Add:
 (4) In this section:
family member of a person means:
 (a) the person's spouse or de facto partner; or
 (b) a parent, step‑parent or grandparent of the person; or
 (c) a child, step‑child or grandchild of the person; or
 (d) a brother, sister, step‑brother or step‑sister of the person; or
 (e) a guardian or carer of the person.
 (5) For the purposes of this section, the family members of a person are taken to include the following (without limitation):
 (a) a de facto partner of the person;
 (b) someone who is the child of the person, or of whom the person is the child, because of the definition of child in the Dictionary;
 (c) anyone else who would be a member of the person's family if someone mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) is taken to be a family member of the person.