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 (9) Subsection (8) does not apply to the following:
 (a) an admission by an adult that indicates that a child has been abused or is at risk of abuse;
 (b) a disclosure by a child that indicates that the child has been abused or is at risk of abuse;
unless, in the opinion of the court, there is sufficient evidence of the admission or disclosure available to the court from other sources.

 (10) In this section:

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.

child means a person who is under 18.