New South Wales Consolidated Acts

YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 1973 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"appointed day" means the day appointed and notified under section 2 (b).
"Department" means the Department of Youth and Community Services.
"Director-General" means the person for the time being holding office or acting as the Director-General of the Department.
"handicapped person" means a person who is senile, temporarily or permanently incapacitated for work, mentally ill, intellectually handicapped, physically handicapped, sensorily handicapped, chronically ill, of advanced age or suffering from any medical condition prescribed by the regulations, or any combination of those disabilities, and who requires supervision or social habilitation.
"licence" means a licence that is in force after having been granted under Part 3.
"licensed manager" means the person for the time being specified under section 13 (1) (c) in a licence.
"licensed premises" means premises licensed for the purposes of Part 3.
"licensee" means the person to whom a licence has been granted.
"permit" means a permit that is in force after having been issued under Part 3.
"premises" means any place, vehicle or vessel.
"proprietor" means:

(a) in relation to premises that are not leased-the owner or any joint owner of the premises, or

(b) in relation to premises that are leased-the lessee or any joint lessee who is entitled to immediate possession of the premises.

(a) a husband, wife, parent, step-parent, son, daughter, step-son, step-daughter, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, uncle, aunt, niece or nephew (whether by consanguinity or affinity) of the person,

(b) a guardian of the person, or

(c) a person in whose care or custody the person has been placed in accordance with the provisions of the Adoption Act 2000 .

(a) at which 2 or more handicapped persons reside:

(i) subject to the payment of a fee or the giving of some other consideration, and

(ii) otherwise than with a person who is a relative of each of those persons, is of or above the age of 18 years and is not a handicapped person, or

(b) declared to be a residential centre for handicapped persons by an order in force under section 3A,

(c) form part of a State school or certified school within the meaning of the Public Instruction (Amendment) Act 1916 , or

(d) comprise or form part of:

(i) a private hospital or nursing home licensed under the Private Hospitals Act 1908 ,

(ii) an admission centre, an authorised hospital or a mental hospital within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1958 ,

(iii) a public hospital within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 , or

(iv) premises exempted from the operation of Part 3 by an order in force under section 3B.