Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00189:clause:1_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00189
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 3423–4142

1  Subsection 4(1) (definition of abuse)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
abuse, in relation to a child, means:
 (a) an assault, including a sexual assault, of the child; or
 (b) a person (the first person) involving the child in a sexual activity with the first person or another person in which the child is used, directly or indirectly, as a sexual object by the first person or the other person, and where there is unequal power in the relationship between the child and the first person; or
 (c) causing the child to suffer serious psychological harm, including (but not limited to) when that harm is caused by the child being subjected to, or exposed to, family violence; or
 (d) serious neglect of the child.