New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

MENTAL HEALTH REGULATION 2007 - REG 23

23 Definitions

(1) In this Part:
"ACT" means the Australian Capital Territory.
"ACT approved facility" means an approved health facility or approved mental health facility within the meaning of the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 of the ACT.
"administrator" means the person declared to be an administrator of a Queensland authorised mental health service under section 497 of the Mental Health Act 2000 of Queensland.
"authorised psychiatrist" means a person appointed as such under section 96 of the Mental Health Act 1986 of Victoria.
"civil interstate apprehension order" means a Civil Interstate Apprehension Order issued under the Victorian civil agreement, the ACT civil agreement, the South Australian civil agreement or the Queensland civil agreement.
"forensic interstate apprehension order" means an interstate apprehension order issued under the Victorian agreement or the Queensland agreement.
"interstate agreement" means any of the following agreements with respect to the interstate application of mental health laws:

(a) the agreement dated 19 February 2002 made between the Minister and the Minister for Health for Victoria (the "Victorian agreement"),

(b) the agreement dated 23 April 2002 made between the Minister and the Minister for Health for Queensland (the "Queensland agreement"),

(c) the agreement dated 19 August 2002 made between the Minister and the Minister for Health for Victoria (the "Victorian civil agreement"),

(d) the agreement dated 18 November 2003 made between the Minister and the Minister for Health for the ACT (the "ACT civil agreement"),

(e) the agreement dated 18 October 2004 made between the Minister and the Minister for Health for Queensland (the "Queensland civil agreement"),

(f) the agreement dated 18 March 2009 made between the Minister and the Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse for South Australia (the "South Australian civil agreement").

"interstate apprehension order" means a civil interstate apprehension order or a forensic interstate apprehension order.
"interstate mental health facility" means any of the following:

(a) a Victorian mental health facility,

(b) an ACT approved facility,

(c) a Queensland authorised mental health service,

(d) a South Australian approved treatment centre.

"interstate patient" means a Victorian patient, South Australian patient or a Queensland patient.
"interstate transfer request notice" means an Interstate Transfer Request Notice issued under the Victorian civil agreement, ACT civil agreement, South Australian civil agreement or Queensland civil agreement.
"NSW ambulance officer" means an ambulance officer or a person appointed to be an honorary ambulance officer by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales.
"NSW police officer" means a police officer within the meaning of the Police Act 1990 .
"Queensland authorised mental health service" means a health service, or part of a health service, declared to be an authorised mental health service under section 495 of the Mental Health Act 2000 of Queensland.
"Queensland patient" has the same meaning as it has in the Queensland agreement.
"relevant corresponding law" means any of the following Acts and any regulations made under those Acts:

(a) in relation to the Victorian agreement, the Victorian civil agreement and a Victorian patient, the Mental Health Act 1986 of Victoria, or

(b) in relation to the Queensland agreement, the Queensland civil agreement and a Queensland patient, the Mental Health Act 2000 of Queensland, or

(c) in relation to the ACT civil agreement, the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 of the ACT, or

(d) in relation to the South Australian civil agreement, the Mental Health Act 1993 of South Australia.

"South Australian approved treatment centre" means an approved treatment centre within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1993 of South Australia.
"South Australian patient" means an interstate person with respect to South Australia, within the meaning of the South Australian civil agreement.
"Victorian mental health facility" means an approved mental health service within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1986 of Victoria.
"Victorian patient" has the same meaning as it has in the Victorian agreement.

(2) Words and expressions used in this Part have the same meanings as they have in Chapter 8 of the Act.