CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 5A
Special provisions--carers and their dependants
CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 5A
Special provisions--carers and their dependants
5A Special provisions--carers and their dependants
(1) A person (a
"dependant" ) who has or has had a relationship with another person involving
the person's dependence on the ongoing paid care of the other person (a
"paid carer" ) is treated as having a domestic relationship with the
paid carer only for the purposes of the protection of the dependant.
(3) This section does not limit or otherwise
affect the application of this Act to a relationship between a dependant and
an unpaid carer, or to a relationship between a dependant and a carer that,
disregarding section (5)(1)(f), would be a domestic relationship under
section 5.