Intimate personal relationship
11 Intimate personal relationship
(1) An intimate personal relationship exists between 2 persons if:
(a) the persons are engaged to be married to each other, including being betrothed under cultural or religious tradition; or
(b) the persons have an intimate relationship, whether or not the relationship is a sexual relationship; or
the persons engaged in a sexual act or sexual contact.
Example for subsection (1)(b)
The 2 persons are dating.
(3) In deciding whether an intimate personal relationship exists under subsection (1)(b), the following may be taken into account:
(a) the circumstances of the relationship, including, for example, the level of trust and commitment;
the length of time the relationship has existed;
the frequency of contact between the persons;
the level of intimacy between the persons.
(4) An intimate personal relationship may exist whether the 2 persons are the same or the opposite sex.
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