New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsIn this Part:
"child" means a person who is under the age of 18 years.
"director", in relation to a licensed injecting centre, means a medical
practitioner appointed as director of the centre, and includes any other
medical practitioner appointed to act as director of the centre during the
illness or absence of the director or during a vacancy in the office of the
director.
"internal management protocols", in relation to a licensed injecting centre,
means the protocols finalised for the centre as referred to in section 36F or,
if the protocols are amended or replaced as referred to in section 36M, the
protocols as so amended or replaced.
"law" includes common law.
"licence" means a licence in force under this Part.
"licensed injecting centre" means the premises that are the subject of a
licence.
"prescribed drug" means a prohibited drug or a substance prescribed by the
regulations for the purposes of this definition.
"qualified health professional" means a medical practitioner, a nurse or a
person having qualifications or experience specified or described by order of
the Minister published in the Gazette.
"responsible authorities" means the Commissioner of Police and the
Director-General of the Department of Health.
"staff", in relation to a licensed injecting centre, includes:
(a) all persons engaged to provide services at the centre, whether under a contract of employment or otherwise, and
(b) all persons authorised to provide voluntary assistance at the centre in accordance with the centre’s licence conditions and internal management protocols.The employer of a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) is the person by or on whose behalf the person so referred to is engaged to provide services or authorised to provide voluntary assistance, as the case requires.