South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
"adult" means a person of or above the age of 18 years;
"child" means a person under the age of 18 years;
"corresponding law" means—
(a) a
law of another State, or of a Territory, of the Commonwealth; or
(b) a
law of another country,
declared by the regulations to be a corresponding law;
"equivalent certificate" means a certificate under a corresponding law that
corresponds to a recognition certificate under this Act;
"hospital" has the same meaning as in the South Australian
Health Commission Act 1976 ;
"medical practitioner" means a person registered as a medical practitioner
under the law of the State or of another State, or a Territory, of the
Commonwealth;
"reassignment procedure" means a medical or surgical procedure (or a
combination of such procedures) to alter the genitals and other sexual
characteristics of a person, identified by birth certificate as male or
female, so that the person will be identified as a person of the opposite sex
and includes, in relation to a child, any such procedure (or combination of
procedures) to correct or eliminate ambiguities in the child's sexual
characteristics;
"recognition certificate" see section 4;
"the Registrar" means the Principal Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages;
"sexual characteristics" means the physical characteristics by virtue of which
a person is identified as male or female.