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.
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