New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CHILDREN'S COURT RULE 2000 - REG 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Rule:
"assessment order" means an order under Division 6 of Part 1 of Chapter 5 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 .
"assessment report" means a report required to be made under Division 6 of Part 1 of Chapter 5 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 .
"care application" has the same meaning as in section 60 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 .
"care order" has the same meaning as in section 60 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 .
"care proceedings" means proceedings before the Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction under the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 .
"child" means a person who is under the age of 16 years.
"Children’s Court Advisory Committee" means the Children’s Court Advisory Committee established under Part 9.
"Children’s Court Clinic" means the Children’s Court Clinic established under Part 8.
"Children’s Registrar" means a person employed as a Children’s Registrar as referred to in section 10A of the Act.
"criminal proceedings" means proceedings before the Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction under the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 .
"Director of the Children’s Court Clinic" means the person holding office as such under Chapter 9 of the Health Services Act 1997 .
"preliminary conference" means a preliminary conference arranged and conducted by a Children’s Registrar under section 65 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 .
"proceedings" means proceedings before the Court.
"Registrar" means a Registrar of the Children’s Court (other than a Children’s Registrar), as referred to in section 11 of the Act.
"the Act" means the Children’s Court Act 1987 .
"young person" means a person who is aged 16 years or above but who is under the age of 18 years.

(2) In this Rule:

(a) a reference to the Registry is to be read, in a case where proceedings have been instituted, as a reference to the Registry of the Court at the place in which the proceedings have been instituted, and

(b) a reference to the Registrar is to be read, in a case where proceedings have been instituted, as a reference to the Registrar of the Registry in which the proceedings have been instituted.

(3) In this Rule, a reference to a numbered Form is a reference to the Form of that number set out in Schedule 1.