"child" means a person who is under the age of 18 years.
"Department" means the Department of Family and Community Services.
"employee" means a Public Service employee who is employed to enable the
Tribunal to exercise its functions in the Guardianship Division of the
Tribunal.
"enduring guardian" means a person appointed as an enduring guardian under
Part 2.
"estate" of a person means the property and affairs of the person.
(iv) a statutory health corporation or affiliated health organisation under
the Health Services Act 1997 , or
(v) a public hospital or health service
under the control of a local health district constituted under the
Health Services Act 1997 ,
(b) any premises belonging to a class of premises
prescribed by the regulations, or
(c) in relation to any provision of this
Act, any premises declared to be exempt premises for the purposes of that
provision by an order in force under subsection (4).
"guardian" means a person who is, whether under this Act or any other Act or
law, a guardian of the person of some other person (other than a child who is
under the age of 16 years), and includes an enduring guardian.
"guardianship order" means an order referred to in section 14.
(a) if the premises are not
leased--the owner, or (if there is more than one owner) any of the owners, of
the premises, or
(b) if the premises are leased--the lessee, or (if there is
more than one lessee) any of the lessees, who is entitled to immediate
possession of the premises.
and who, by
virtue of that fact, is restricted in one or more major life activities to
such an extent that he or she requires supervision or social habilitation.
(3) For the purposes of the definition of
"authorised officer" in subsection (1), the Minister may, by order published
in the Gazette:
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the
definition of
"exempt premises" in subsection (1), the Minister may, by order published in
the Gazette, declare any premises to be exempt premises for the purposes of
any provision of this Act.
(6) In this Act:
(a) a reference to a function
includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and
(b) a reference to
the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference
to the performance of the duty.