5Other reference provisions

5 Other reference provisions (1) For the purposes of this Act, offences arise from the same incident only if they are committed within a single period of 24 hours and are committed against the same person. (2) For the purposes of this Act and without limiting the meaning of ***disability*** given by section 3, a person has a disability if he or she is a forensic patient or a forensic resident within the meaning of the **Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997**. (3) A reference to doing a thing "in person" in this Act is a reference to doing the thing by personal attendance at a place—it is not sufficient to attend the place by telephone or by any other electronic means. S. 5A inserted by No. 55/2025 s. 62.