[Section 3 Amended by No. 45 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2004]next of kin of a person means a person's spouse, parents, children, any other person who is the primary carer of the person, a person who is in a caring relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , with the person or any other class of person prescribed by the regulations as the next of kin of a person;
victim, in relation to an offence or conduct that would, but for the fact that the perpetrator has been found not guilty of the offence by reason of insanity or the fact that a finding to that effect has been made, have constituted an offence, means a person who has suffered significant mental or physical injury as a direct consequence of the offence or conduct and includes the immediate family of a deceased victim.