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Victims Rights and Support Act 2013
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#### 80 Interpretation
80 Interpretation
> > (1) In this Division—
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> > appropriate officer means the Commissioner, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Commissioner of Police or any other person, or a person of a class, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
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> > restraining order—see section 81.
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> > the defendant means a person referred to in section 79.
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> > (2) In this Division, a reference to a person being charged with an offence is a reference to a person—
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> > > (a) in respect of whom a charge sheet has been completed by a police officer where proceedings for an offence are to be commenced against the person, or
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> > > (b) against whom proceedings for an offence have been commenced.