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#### 4 Definitions 4 Definitions > In this Part— > > generalist counsellor tier 1 means a person who is approved by the Commissioner under section 31 of the Act and is not a generalist counsellor tier 2. > > generalist counsellor tier 2 means a person who— > > > (a) is a registered psychologist or is eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (other than as a student member), and > > > (b) has provided (whether before or after this definition was inserted by the [Victims Rights and Support Amendment (Statutory Review) Act 2018](/view/html/repealed/current/act-2018-034)) approved counselling services under the Act for more than 3 consecutive years, and > > > (c) holds post-graduate qualifications consisting of a Masters degree (or a higher level qualification) in social work, clinical psychology, clinical neuropsychology, counselling psychology or forensic psychology, and > > > (d) has, in the opinion of the Commissioner, specialist counselling skills that justify the person being paid at the rate applicable to a generalist counsellor tier 2. > > relevant family member means— > > > (a) a person who is a relative of a primary victim who has died as a result of an act of violence but who is not a family victim, or > > > (b) a person who is a relative of a person killed in a road crime but is not a family victim. > > victim means— > > > (a) a family victim, or > > > (b) a primary victim or a secondary victim, or > > > (c) a relevant family member, > > but does not include a person who is the victim of an act of violence or act of modern slavery— > > > (d) arising in the circumstances described in section 25(2) of the Act, unless the person is a family victim of the act and the act apparently occurred in the course of the commission of the offence of murder or manslaughter, or > > > (e) arising in the circumstances described in section 25(3) or (4) of the Act. > > **cl 4:** Am 2023 (260), sec 3(1); 2024 No 92, Sch 2\[1\].