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Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999
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#### 236P Definitions
236P Definitions
> > (1) In this Division—
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> > community-based order means—
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> > > (a) a parole order, or
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> > > (b) a community correction order, or
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> > > (c) an intensive correction order, or
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> > > (d) a conditional release order, or
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> > > (e) a re-integration home detention order, or
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> > > (f) a suspended sentence order to which clause 76 of Schedule 2 to the [Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-092) applies.
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> > correctional employee means—
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> > > (a) a member of staff of Corrective Services NSW, or
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> > > (b) a person who is employed at a managed correctional centre to perform duties referred to in section 240 (1) (a), (b) or (c).
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> > inmate includes a person who is subject to a compulsory drug treatment order under Part 4A (including a person who is subject to a community supervision order under that Part).
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> > intimate relationship means a relationship between 2 or more persons involving physical expressions of affection, or the exchange of written or other communications of a sexual or intimate nature, or all or any of those things.
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> > pre-existing relationship as a couple means a continuing relationship as a couple that existed—
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> > > (a) for a relationship with an inmate—before the inmate entered into custody, and
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> > > (b) for a relationship with a person subject to a community-based order—before the person subject to the community-based order commenced serving the sentence.
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> > sexual conduct means sexual intercourse or other physical conduct of a sexual nature.
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> > sexual intercourse has the same meaning as in Division 10 of Part 3 of the [Crimes Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-040).
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> > (2) For the purposes of this Division, and without limiting the definition of intimate relationship, a person who is married to another person or the de facto partner of another person is taken to be in an intimate relationship with the other person.
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> **s 236P:** Ins 2018 No 74, Sch 1 \[2\]. Am 2025 No 6, Sch 1\[77\]–\[79\].