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CORONERS ACT 2009 - SECT 101B
Interpretation
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)).
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