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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Discharge and miscellaneous orders - Protection orders

123A: Interpretation of terms used in this section and sections 123B to 123H

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When you read this section and sections 123B to 123H, you need to know what some words mean. The word child means what it says in section 8 of the Family Violence Act 2018. The word family relationship means what it says in section 12 of the Family Violence Act 2018.

You also need to know what family violence offence means. It is an offence against a law, including the Family Violence Act 2018, and it involves family violence, which is defined in section 9 of that Act. Family violence proceedings means a case in the Family Court under the Family Violence Act 2018 that is about getting a protection order.

When you hear the words victim of the offence, it means the person who was hurt by the offender.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Discharge and miscellaneous orders: Protection orders

123AInterpretation of terms used in this section and sections 123B to 123H

  1. In this section and sections 123B to 123H, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    child has the meaning given to it by section 8 of the Family Violence Act 2018

      family relationship has the meaning given to it by section 12 of the Family Violence Act 2018

        family violence offence means an offence—

        1. against any enactment (including the Family Violence Act 2018); and
          1. involving family violence (as defined in section 9 of that Act)

            family violence proceedings means proceedings in the Family Court under the Family Violence Act 2018 that relate wholly or partly to an application for a protection order

              victim of the offence means the person against whom the offence was committed by the offender.

              Notes
              • Section 123A: replaced, on , by section 63 of the Family Violence (Amendments) Act 2018 (2018 No 47).