New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CORONERS ACT 2009 - SECT 101B

101B Interpretation

(1) In this Chapter--

"Child Death Review Team" means the Child Death Review Team established under Part 5A of the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993 .

"Convenor" means the person appointed as Convenor of the Team under this Chapter.

"domestic relationship" has the same meaning it has in the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 .

"domestic violence death" means the death of a person caused directly or indirectly by a person (the
"perpetrator" ) where, at the time of the death--

(a) the deceased person was in a domestic relationship with the perpetrator and the death occurred in the context of domestic violence, or

(b) the deceased person was in a domestic relationship with a person who was or had been in a domestic relationship with the perpetrator and the death occurred in the context of domestic violence, or

(c) the perpetrator mistakenly believed that the deceased person was in a domestic relationship with a person who was or had been in a domestic relationship with the perpetrator and the death occurred in the context of domestic violence, or

(d) the deceased person was a witness to or present at, or attempted to intervene in, domestic violence between the perpetrator and a person who was or had been in a domestic relationship with the perpetrator.

"Team" means the Domestic Violence Death Review Team.

(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, a case of a domestic violence death is
"closed" if--

(a) the coroner has dispensed with or completed an inquest concerning the death, and

(b) any criminal proceedings (including any appeals) concerning the death have been finally determined (as defined in section 79(4)).