RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 105A Definitions
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 105A
Definitions105A Definitions
In this Division--
"competent person" means any of the following persons--
(a) a registered health practitioner within the meaning of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) , but only if the health practitioner is registered under Division 1 or 2 of Part 7 of that Law,
(b) a person registered as a social worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers,
(c) an employee of a government agency that provides services relating to child welfare,
(d) an employee of a non-government agency in receipt of government funding to provide services relating to--(i) domestic violence or sexual assault, or(ii) refuge or emergency accommodation,
(e) a person approved by the Commissioner of Victims Rights under the Victims Rights and Support Act 2013 to provide approved counselling services for the purposes of that Act,
(f) a person prescribed by the regulations.
"dependent child" , of a tenant, means an occupant (whether in permanent occupation or occupation from time to time) who is a child and is wholly or partly dependent for support on the tenant.
"domestic violence termination notice" means a termination notice given by a tenant under section 105B(1).
"DVO" means an order that is in force that is--
(a) a local DVO, within the meaning of Part 13B of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 , or
(b) an interstate DVO, within the meaning of Part 13B of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 , or
(c) a foreign order, within the meaning of Part 13B of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 .
"family violence" has the same meaning as it has in the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth.
"relevant domestic violence offender" means--
(a) a co-tenant or occupant or former co-tenant or former occupant, or
(b) a person with whom a tenant or co-tenant giving a domestic violence termination notice has or has had a domestic relationship, within the meaning of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 .
Note : The definition of
"relevant domestic violence offender" is only for the purposes of establishing when a person is in circumstances of domestic violence (see section 105B) and when, and by whom, a domestic violence termination notice can be issued (see section 105C) and is intended to be read in the context of this Division as a whole.