New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 11

11 Meaning of "domestic violence offence"

(1) In this Act,
"domestic violence offence" means an offence committed by a person against another person with whom the person who commits the offence has (or has had) a domestic relationship, being--

(a) a personal violence offence, or

(b) an offence (other than a personal violence offence) that arises from substantially the same circumstances as those from which a personal violence offence has arisen, or

(b1) an offence under the Crimes Act 1900 , section 54D(1), or

(c) an offence, other than a personal violence offence or an offence mentioned in paragraph (b1), in which the conduct that constitutes the offence is domestic abuse.

(2) In this section,
"offence" includes an offence under the Criminal Code Act 1995 of the Commonwealth.