This section applies where behaviour of a person (“A”) towards another person (“B”) is domestic abuse.
Any reference in this Act to a victim of domestic abuse includes a reference to a child who—
sees or hears, or experiences the effects of, the abuse, and
is related to A or B.
A child is related to a person for the purposes of subsection (2) if—
the person is a parent of, or has parental responsibility for, the child, or
the child and the person are relatives.
In this section—
“child” means a person under the age of 18 years;
“parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989 (see section 3 of that Act);
“relative” has the meaning given by section 63(1) of the Family Law Act 1996.