NSWIn ForceAct
Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007
4Meaning of “personal violence offence”
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 4
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007.
#### 4 Meaning of “personal violence offence”
4 Meaning of “personal violence offence”
> In this Act, personal violence offence means—
>
> > (a) an offence under, or mentioned in, section 19A, 24, 25, 25A, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 33A, 35, 35A, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 43A, 44, 45, 45A, 46, 47, 48, 49, 54A, 54B, 58, 59, 61, 61B, 61C, 61D, 61E, 61I, 61J, 61JA, 61K, 61KC, 61KD, 61KE, 61KF, 61L, 61M, 61N, 61O, 65A, 66A, 66B, 66C, 66D, 66DA, 66DB, 66DC, 66DD, 66DE, 66DF, 66EA, 66F, 73, 73A, 78A, 78B, 80A, 80D, 86, 87, 91P, 91PA, 91Q, 91R, 93G, 93GA, 110, 195, 196, 198, 199, 200, 562I (as in force before its substitution by the [Crimes Amendment (Apprehended Violence) Act 2006](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2006-073)) or 562ZG of the [Crimes Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-040), or
>
> > (b) an offence under section 13, 14 or 87E of this Act, or
>
> > (b1) an offence under section 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 or 308C of the [Crimes Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-040), but only if the serious indictable offence or indictable offence referred to in those sections is an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), or
>
> > (b2) an offence under section 93AC (Child forced marriage) of the [Crimes Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-040) or the Commonwealth Criminal Code, section 270.7B (Forced marriage offences), or
>
> > (c) an offence of attempting to commit an offence referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (b1) or (b2).
>
> **s 4:** Am 2008 No 119, Sch 1 \[1\]; 2014 No 2, Sch 6.1 \[1\]; 2016 No 33, Sch 1 \[2\]–\[6\]; 2017 No 29, Sch 2.2; 2018 No 30, Sch 5.3\[1\] \[2\]; 2018 No 33, Sch 5.4 \[1\]–\[3\]; 2024 No 59, Sch 1\[2\]; 2025 No 57, Sch 2.2; 2025 No 74, Sch 2\[1\]–\[5\].