Crimes Legislation Amendment (International Crime Cooperation and Other Measures) Act 2018 (34 of 2018)

Schedule 6   Slavery-like offences and relevant evidence

Part 2   Relevant evidence

Criminal Code Act 1995

26   At the end of section 270.10 of the Criminal Code

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(4) In this section:

family member of a person means:

(a) the person's spouse or de facto partner; or

(b) a parent, step-parent or grandparent of the person; or

(c) a child, step-child or grandchild of the person; or

(d) a brother, sister, step-brother or step-sister of the person; or

(e) a guardian or carer of the person.

(5) For the purposes of this section, the family members of a person are taken to include the following (without limitation):

(a) a de facto partner of the person;

(b) someone who is the child of the person, or of whom the person is the child, because of the definition of child in the Dictionary;

(c) anyone else who would be a member of the person's family if someone mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) is taken to be a family member of the person.