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any other law and any such conduct may, despite this Act,
be dealt with in accordance with any other law.
4. ( l) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be
deemed to be in a domestic relationship with another
person if the person(a) is married to that other person;
(b) has previously been married to that other person;
(c) is living in the same household with that person;
(d) has been in a marriage with the other person
which has been dissolved or declared null;
(e) is a family member of that other person;
(f) is or has been engaged to get married to that
person;
(g) has a child with that other person; or
(h) has a close personal relationship with the other
person.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (l )( c ), a person shall ·
not be regarded as sharing a household with another person
by reason only of the fact that(a) the person has(i) a landlord-tenant relationship;
(ii) an employer-employee relationship; or
(iii) an employee-employer relationship, with that
other person; and
(b) they occupy a common dwelling house (whether
or not other people also occupy that dwelling
house).
(3) For the purposes of subsection {l)(h), a person
shall not be regarded as having a close personal
relationship with another person by reason only of the fact
that the person has-
Meaning of
domestic
relationship.
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