Interpretation
84A Interpretation
In this Division—
affected person means a person who is directly and adversely affected by—
an indictable offence committed by a relevant offender; or
the death of a person, if there is a responsible person in relation to the death;
indictable offence means an indictable offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;
previous holder, of a right of interment that is forced to be surrendered under section 84C(2), (3) or (5), means the person whose right of interment is surrendered;
relevant offender means a person convicted on or after 1 July 2005 of an indictable offence (whenever committed), if—
the appeal period for the conviction has expired; or
an appeal lodged during the appeal period for the conviction has been finally determined;
For the purposes of this Act, a person is a responsible person in relation to another person's death if—
on or after 1 July 2005, the person has been found by a coroner, under the Coroners Act 2008 or under a corresponding law of a State or a Territory, to have been responsible (however described) for the death; and
the person was themselves deceased at the time of the finding of the coroner.
S. 84B inserted by No. 16/2021 s. 5.
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