YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 4 Definitions
YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 4
Definitions4 Definitions
In this Act--
"adult" means a person who is of or over the age of 18 years.
"broadcast" includes broadcast by radio, television or any on-line service.
"caution" means a formal police caution relating to an offence given under
Part 4.
"child" means a person who is of or over the age of 10 years and under the age
of 18 years.
"conference" means a youth justice conference convened or proposed to be
convened under Part 5.
"conference administrator" means a person appointed as a conference
administrator as referred to in section 61.
"conference convenor" means a person appointed as a conference convenor under
section 60.
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
"function" includes a power, authority or duty.
"graffiti offence" means an offence committed under the Graffiti Control Act
2008 .
"investigating official" means--
(a) a police officer, or
(b) a person appointed by or under an Act and whose functions include functions in respect of the prevention or investigation of offences, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
"on-line service" means a service provided by or through the facilities of a computer communication system and accessed through a telecommunications network that allows for--
(a) the input, output or examination of computer data or computer programs, or
(b) the transmission of computer data.
"parent" of a child includes--
(a) a guardian of the child, and
(b) a person who has the lawful custody of the child,but does not include the father or mother of the child if the father or mother, as the case may be, has neither guardianship nor custody of the child.
"person responsible" for a child means--
(a) a parent of the child, or
(b) a person who has the care of the child (whether or not the person has the custody of the child).
"relevant conference administrator" , in relation to a conference, means the conference administrator who appointed the conference convenor for the conference.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Justice.
"specialist youth officer" means a member of the NSW Police Force appointed as a specialist youth officer for the purposes of this Act by the Commissioner of Police.
"traffic offence" has the same meaning as it has in the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 .
"victim" has the meaning given by section 5.
"youth liaison officer" means a member of the NSW Police Force appointed as a youth liaison officer for the purposes of this Act by the Commissioner of Police.