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(c) a person who, although not a child of the victim by birth or adoption, is like achild to the victim;"justice system personnel" means auxiliary constables, chief constables, chiefofficers, designated constables, enforcement officers, municipal constables,provincial constables, special municipal constables and special provincial constablesas defined in section 1 of the Police Act, officers and employees appointed oremployed under section 4 of the Parole Act and personnel in the Court ServicesBranch, Criminal Justice Branch and Corrections Branch of the Ministry of AttorneyGeneral;"offence" means, except in section 15, a contravention, that harmed a victim, of anenactment of British Columbia or Canada;"offender" means a person convicted of an offence;"parent" includes(a) a stepparent of the victim,(b) a person who has, in law or in fact, the custody of the victim or who isresponsible for the care or financial support of the victim, and(c) a person who, although not a parent of the victim by birth or adoption, is likea parent to the victim;"sentence" includes a disposition as defined in the Young Offenders Act (Canada)or the Young Offenders (British Columbia) Act;"special account" means the Victim Surcharge Special Account established undersection 9;"spouse" means a person who(a) is married to another person, or(b) is living and cohabiting with another person in a marriage-like relationship,including a marriage-like relationship between persons of the same gender;"victim" means an individual who suffers, in relation to an offence,(a) physical or mental injury or economic loss as a result of an act or omissionthat forms the basis of the offence, or(b) significant emotional trauma and is an individual against whom the offencewas perpetrated or, with respect to an individual against whom the offence wasperpetrated, is a spouse, sibling, child or parent of the individual,but does not include a person listed within the definition of "justice system personnel"in relation to an offence to which the person responds in the line of duty;2