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#### 101B Interpretation
101B Interpretation
> > (1) In this Chapter—
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> > Child Death Review Team means the Child Death Review Team established under Part 5A of the [Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-002).
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> > Convenor means the person appointed as Convenor of the Team under this Chapter.
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> > domestic relationship has the same meaning it has in the [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-080).
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> > domestic violence death means the death of a person caused directly or indirectly by a person (the perpetrator) where, at the time of the death—
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> > > (a) the deceased person was in a domestic relationship with the perpetrator and the death occurred in the context of domestic violence, or
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> > > (b) the deceased person was in a domestic relationship with a person who was or had been in a domestic relationship with the perpetrator and the death occurred in the context of domestic violence, or
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> > > (c) the perpetrator mistakenly believed that the deceased person was in a domestic relationship with a person who was or had been in a domestic relationship with the perpetrator and the death occurred in the context of domestic violence, or
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> > > (d) the deceased person was a witness to or present at, or attempted to intervene in, domestic violence between the perpetrator and a person who was or had been in a domestic relationship with the perpetrator.
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> > Team means the Domestic Violence Death Review Team.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this Chapter, a case of a domestic violence death is closed if—
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> > > (a) the coroner has dispensed with or completed an inquest concerning the death, and
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> > > (b) any criminal proceedings (including any appeals) concerning the death have been finally determined (as defined in section 79(4)).
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> **s 101B:** Ins 2010 No 28, Sch 1 \[3\]. Am 2011 No 60, Sch 2.3; 2013 No 80, Sch 1 \[1\]; 2016 No 33, Sch 2 \[1\].