Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Family Violence Protection Act 2008 - SECT 10

Meaning of relative

10. Meaning of relative



(1) For the purposes of this Act, a relative of a person-

   (a)  means any of the following, whether of the whole blood or half-blood
        or by marriage, and whether or not the relationship depends on
        adoption of the person-

   (i)  the person's father, mother, grandfather or grandmother;

   (ii) the person's son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter;

   (iii) the person's brother or sister;

   (iv) the person's uncle or aunt;

   (v)  the person's nephew or niece;

   (vi) the person's cousin; and

   (b)  for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person-includes a person
        who, under Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander tradition or
        contemporary social practice, is the person's relative.

(2) For domestic partners, a relative includes a person who would be a
relative if the domestic partners were married to each other.