AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS' PROPERTY ACT 1940 - SECT 3
AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS' PROPERTY ACT 1940 - SECT 3
(1) In this Act,
unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires—
"court" means—
(a) the
Supreme Court; or
(b) in
relation to a matter in which the District Court has jurisdiction—the
Supreme Court or the District Court; or
(c) in
relation to a matter in which an employment court has jurisdiction—the
Supreme Court, the District Court or the employment court;
"domestic partner" means a person who is a domestic partner within the meaning
of the Family Relationships Act 1975 , whether declared as such under
that Act or not;
"employment court" means the South Australian Employment Tribunal established
under the South Australian Employment Tribunal Act 2014 —
(a) in
Court session as the South Australian Employment Court; or
(b)
constituted of a member of the Tribunal who is, or at least 1 of
whom is, a President or a Deputy President of the Tribunal;
"manager" means a person appointed to be manager of a protected estate under
this Act; and where more than one person is so appointed, means either all the
persons so appointed or each of those persons, as the context requires;
"proclaimed state" means a country, state or territory declared by
proclamation to be a proclaimed state for the purposes of this Act;
"protected estate" means the real and personal estate of a protected person,
or such part thereof as is the subject matter of a protection order;
"protected person" means a person who or whose estate or part thereof becomes
the subject of a protection order;
"spouse"—a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married.
(2) The Governor may,
by proclamation, declare any country, state or territory to be a
proclaimed state and may, by subsequent proclamation vary or revoke any such
declaration.