New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VICTIMS SUPPORT AND REHABILITATION ACT 1996 - SECT 9

9 Who is a family victim?

(1) A "family victim" of an act of violence is a person who is, at the time that act is committed, a member of the immediate family of a primary victim of that act who has died as a direct result of that act.

(2) It is immaterial whether or not the person suffers a compensable injury in connection with the act of violence or death.

(3) A "member of the immediate family" of a primary victim is:

(a) the victim’s spouse, or

(b) the victim’s de facto partner who has cohabited with the victim for at least 2 years, or

(c) a parent, guardian or step-parent of the victim, or

(d) a child or step-child of the victim or some other child of whom the victim is the guardian, or

(e) a brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, step-brother or step-sister of the victim.

Note: “De facto partner” is defined in section 21C of the Interpretation Act 1987 .