84AInterpretation

84A Interpretation

(1) In this Division—

affected person means a person who is directly and adversely affected by—

(a) an indictable offence committed by a relevant offender; or

(b) the death of a person, if there is a responsible person in relation to the death;

indictable offence means an indictable offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;

previous holder, of a right of interment that is forced to be surrendered under section 84C(2), (3) or (5), means the person whose right of interment is surrendered;

relevant offender means a person convicted on or after 1 July 2005 of an indictable offence (whenever committed), if—

(a) the appeal period for the conviction has expired; or

(b) an appeal lodged during the appeal period for the conviction has been finally determined;

(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person is a responsible person in relation to another person's death if—

(a) on or after 1 July 2005, the person has been found by a coroner, under the Coroners Act 2008 or under a corresponding law of a State or a Territory, to have been responsible (however described) for the death; and

(b) the person was themselves deceased at the time of the finding of the coroner.

S. 84B inserted by No. 16/2021 s. 5.