CARERS (RECOGNITION) ACT 2010 - SECT 4 Definitions

CARERS (RECOGNITION) ACT 2010 - SECT 4

4 Definitions

In this Act:


"carer" --see section 5.


"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.


"function" includes a power, authority or duty.


"human service agency" means a public sector agency that provides services directed at carers or persons being cared for by carers.


"NSW Carers Charter" means the Charter set out in Schedule 1.


"parent" , of another person, includes a person who has been allocated parental responsibility or has care responsibility for the other person under the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 .


"public sector agency" means any of the following:

(a) a Division of the Government Service,

(b) a local health district or statutory health corporation (within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 ),

(c) the NSW Police Force,

(d) a NSW Government agency or other authority of the State,

(e) a local council,

(f) a State owned corporation,

(g) any other person or body that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.