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In forceTerm used: close relative
4 Term used: close relative
(1)
For the purposes of this Act, a close relative of a victim who dies or is injured as a consequence of the commission of an offence, is a person who, immediately before the offence was committed, was —
(a)
a parent, grandparent or step‑parent of the victim; or
(b)
the spouse or a de facto partner of the victim; or
(c)
a child, grandchild or stepchild of the victim.
(2)
The presumptions of parentage in the Family Court Act 1997 Part 5 Division 11 Subdivision 3 operate, and section 193 of that Act operates in respect of those presumptions, for the purposes of this Act.
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