In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—
crime means an offence for which the offender—
(a) may be proceeded against by indictment; or
(b) might have been proceeded against by indictment but for circumstances (for example, where the offender has died)
immediate family, in relation to a person,—
(a) means a member of the person’s family, whānau, or other culturally recognised family group, who is in a close relationship with the person at the time of the crime; and
(b) to avoid doubt, includes—
(i) a spouse, civil union partner, or de facto partner:
(ii) a child or stepchild:
(iii) a brother, sister, stepbrother, or stepsister:
(iv) a parent or step-parent:
(v) a grandparent
victim means—
(a) a person against whom a crime has been committed by another person; and
(b) a person who, through, or by means of, a crime committed by another person, has suffered physical or emotional harm, or loss of, or damage to, property; and
(c) a parent or legal guardian of a child, or of a young person, who falls within paragraph (a) or (b), unless that parent or guardian is charged with the commission of, or convicted or found guilty of, or pleads guilty to, the crime concerned; and
(d) a member of the immediate family of a person who, as a result of a crime committed by another person, has died, unless that member is charged with the commission of, or convicted or found guilty of, or pleads guilty to, the crime concerned.
Compare: SR 2009/404 r 3