(1) The following forms of consorting are to be disregarded for the purposes
of section 93X if the defendant satisfies the court that the consorting was
reasonable in the circumstances--
(ii) a case plan, direction or recommendation by a
member of staff of Corrective Services NSW,
(h) consorting that occurs in the
course of providing transitional, crisis or emergency accommodation.
(2) In
this section--
"family member" includes, for a defendant who is an Aboriginal person or a
Torres Strait Islander, a person who is or has been part of the extended
family or kin of the defendant according to the indigenous kinship system of
the defendant's culture.
"health service" means--
(a) medical (including psychological), hospital,
ambulance, paramedical, dental, community health or environmental
health service, or
(b) another service--
(i) relating to the maintenance or
improvement of the health, or the restoration to health, of persons or the
prevention of disease in, or injury to, persons (whether provided as a public
or private service), and
(ii) that is of a class or description prescribed by
the regulations.
"welfare service" means a service (whether provided as a public or private
service) relating to the provision of--
(a) housing, employment benefits,
rental assistance or other financial assistance or family support, or
(b)
another community welfare service necessary for the promotion, protection,
development and maintenance of the well-being of persons, including any
rehabilitation, counselling, drug or alcohol service.