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“Serious Injury”
Serious Injury after 1 July 2013
Injury means:
a) Physical injury; or
b) Harm to mental health;
whether temporary or permanent
Serious injury means:
a) An injury (including the cumulative effect of more than one injury) that-
i) Endangers life; or
ii) Is substantial and protracted;
b) The destruction, other than in the course of a medical procedure, of the foetus of a pregnant woman, whether or not the woman suffers any other harm.
Serious Injury before 1 July 2013
Causing Serious Injury
Recklessness
Without lawful excuse
Alternative offences
Last updated: 29 June 2015