South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears—
"bail authority" means a court or person constituted as a bail authority by or
under section 5;
"case manager" means a person responsible for supervision of a person's
participation in an intervention program;
"child" means a person who was, on the day on which an offence was allegedly
committed by that person, under the age of 18 years;
"community corrections officer" means—
(a) in
relation to a child—an officer or employee of an administrative unit of
the Public Service whose duties include the supervision of young offenders in
the community;
(b) in
any other case—an officer or employee of an administrative unit of the
Public Service whose duties include the supervision of adult offenders in the
community;
"eligible person" means a person who is eligible to apply for release on bail
under section 4;
"financial condition", in relation to bail, means a condition requiring an
applicant for bail to provide security or obtain guarantees, or requiring a
guarantor to provide security; and "non-financial condition has a correlative
meaning;
"guarantee" means an agreement under section 7;
"guarantor" means a person who enters into a guarantee;
"guardian", in relation to a child, means a parent of the child and any person
who is the legal guardian of the child or who has the immediate custody and
control of the child;
"intervention program" means a program that provides—
(a)
supervised treatment; or
(b)
supervised rehabilitation; or
(c)
supervised behaviour management; or
(d)
supervised access to support services; or
(e) a
combination of any one or more of the above,
designed to address behavioural problems (including problem gambling),
substance abuse or mental impairment;
"intervention program manager" means a person employed by the South Australian
Courts Administration Authority to have general oversight of
intervention programs and coordinate the implementation of relevant court
orders (and includes a delegate of such a person);
"telephone" includes any telecommunication device for the transmission of
speech;
"victim", in relation to an offence, means a person who allegedly suffers
injury in consequence of the commission of the offence;
"working day" means any day except a Sunday or other public holiday.
(2) For the purposes
of this Act, a person will be taken to have been convicted of an offence if a
formal finding of guilt has been made against that person by a court whether
or not the court proceeds to record a conviction.