New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DENTISTS ACT 1989 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"Board" means the Dental Board constituted by this Act.
"Committee" means the Dental Care Assessment Committee constituted by this Act.
"conduct" means any act or omission.
"dental prosthetist" has the same meaning as in section 5 (1) of the Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975 .
"dental treatment" means the doing or performance of any act, matter or thing, the doing or performance of which forms part of the practice of dentistry.
"dental technician" has the same meaning as in section 5 (1) of the Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975 .
"dentist" means a person registered, or taken to be registered, as a dentist under this Act.
"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Department of Health.
"inspector" means an inspector appointed under this Act.
"practice of dental prosthetics" has the same meaning as in section 5 (3) of the Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975 .
"President" means the President of the Board.
"public hospital" has the same meaning as in the Health Services Act 1997 .
"Register" means the Register referred to in section 12 (1).
"Registrar" means the Registrar appointed or taken to be appointed under this Act.
"technical work" has the same meaning as in section 5 (1) of the Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975 .

(2) 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.

(3) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.