105ADefinitions

#### 105A Definitions 105A Definitions > In this Division— > > competent person means any of the following persons— > > > (a) a registered health practitioner within the meaning of the [Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW)](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2009-86a), but only if the health practitioner is registered under Division 1 or 2 of Part 7 of that Law, > > > (b) a person registered as a social worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers, > > > (c) an employee of a government agency that provides services relating to child welfare, > > > (d) an employee of a non-government agency in receipt of government funding to provide services relating to— > > > > > (i) domestic violence or sexual assault, or > > > > > (ii) refuge or emergency accommodation, > > > (e) a person approved by the Commissioner of Victims Rights under the [Victims Rights and Support Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-037) to provide approved counselling services for the purposes of that Act, > > > (f) a person prescribed by the regulations. > > dependent child, of a tenant, means an occupant (whether in permanent occupation or occupation from time to time) who is a child and is wholly or partly dependent for support on the tenant. > > domestic violence termination notice means a termination notice given by a tenant under section 105B(1). > > DVO means an order that is in force that is— > > > (a) a local DVO, within the meaning of Part 13B of the [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-080), or > > > (b) an interstate DVO, within the meaning of Part 13B of the [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-080), or > > > (c) a foreign order, within the meaning of Part 13B of the [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-080). > > family violence has the same meaning as it has in the [Family Law Act 1975](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth. > > relevant domestic violence offender means— > > > (a) a co-tenant or occupant or former co-tenant or former occupant, or > > > (b) a person with whom a tenant or co-tenant giving a domestic violence termination notice has or has had a domestic relationship, within the meaning of the [Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-080). > > Note. > > The definition of relevant domestic violence offender is only for the purposes of establishing when a person is in circumstances of domestic violence (see section 105B) and when, and by whom, a domestic violence termination notice can be issued (see section 105C) and is intended to be read in the context of this Division as a whole. > > **s 105A:** Ins 2018 No 58, Sch 1 \[33\]. Am 2019 No 23, Sch 1.10\[7\]–\[9\] (am 2020 No 30, Sch 1.5).