5Meaning of “domestic relationship”

#### 5 Meaning of “domestic relationship” 5 Meaning of “domestic relationship” > > (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person has a domestic relationship with another person if the person— > > > > > (a) is or has been married to the other person, or > > > > > (b) is or has been a de facto partner of that other person, or > > > > > (c) has or has had an intimate personal relationship with the other person, whether or not the intimate relationship involves or has involved a relationship of a sexual nature, or > > > > > (d) is living or has lived in the same household as the other person, or > > > > > (e) is living or has lived as a long-term resident in the same residential facility as the other person and at the same time as the other person (not being a facility that is a correctional centre within the meaning of the [Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-093) or a detention centre within the meaning of the [Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-057)), or > > > > > (f) has or has had a relationship involving his or her dependence on the ongoing paid or unpaid care of the other person (subject to section 5A), or > > > > > (g) is or has been a relative of the other person, or > > > > > (h) in the case of an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander, is or has been part of the extended family or kin of the other person according to the Indigenous kinship system of the person’s culture. > > > > Note. > > > > “De facto partner” is defined in section 21C of the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015). > > > (2) Two persons also have a domestic relationship with each other for the purposes of this Act if they have both had a domestic relationship of a kind set out in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) with the same person. > > > > Note. > > > > A woman’s ex-partner and current partner would therefore have a domestic relationship with each other for the purposes of this Act even if they had never met. > > **s 5:** Am 2010 No 19, Sch 3.30 \[1\] \[2\]; 2016 No 33, Sch 1 \[7\]; 2018 No 87, Sch 1.11 \[1\].