(1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

Aboriginal child means a child who is an Aboriginal person within the meaning of the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 ;

abuse or neglect means –

(a) sexual abuse; or

(b) physical or emotional injury or other abuse, or neglect, to the extent that –

(i) the injured, abused or neglected person has suffered, or is likely to suffer, physical or psychological harm detrimental to the person's wellbeing; or

(ii) the injured, abused or neglected person's physical or psychological development is in jeopardy –

and " abused or neglected " has a corresponding meaning;

amend means –

(a) omit matter; and

(b) insert matter; and

(c) omit matter and substitute other matter;

another State includes a Territory;

assessment order means an order made under section 22(2) ;

at risk has the meaning given by section 4 ;

authorised officer means –

(a) a police officer assisting the Secretary in an assessment of a child's circumstances; and

(b) an employee of the Department authorised by the Secretary to take action under section 20 as an authorised officer;

authorised police officer means a police officer –

(a) who is of or above a rank as specified by the Commissioner of Police for the purpose of this Act; or

(b) who is designated as an authorised police officer by the Commissioner of Police for the purpose of this Act;

care agreement means an agreement entered into under section 11 ;

care and protection order means an order made under section 42 ;

child means a person under 18 years of age;

child care means the provision of care or accommodation to a child by a person other than the child's parent or a member of the child's extended family;

child care service means operations concerned with child care, including a person or agency that is involved with organising or arranging placements for children in child care or placements of child carers with children;

Children and Young Persons Advisory Council means the committee established under section 81(1)(b) ;

Children and Young Persons Consultative Council means the committee established under section 81(1)(a) ;

committee means –

(a) the Children and Young Persons Advisory Council; or

(b) the Children and Young Persons Consultative Council; or

(c) any other committee established under section 81 ;

Community-Based Intake Service means an organisation that has entered into an agreement with the Secretary under section 53D ;

comply with includes not contravene;

contravene includes fail to comply with;

contribution order means an order under section 74 ;

Court means the Magistrates Court (Children's Division);

district registrar means a district registrar appointed under section 16A of the Magistrates Court Act 1987 ;

employee of the Department means a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Department;

enactment means an Act, order or other instrument of a legislative character of Tasmania, another State, the Commonwealth, another country or any other place;

extended family means –

(a) all persons, other than the child's immediate family, to whom the child is or has been related by blood, adoption or marriage; and

(b) if a child is an Aboriginal child who has traditional Aboriginal kinship ties, those persons held to be related to the child according to Aboriginal kinship rules; and

(c) if the child is a member of a community that accepts relationships other than those referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) as kinship ties, those persons held to be related to the child by that community;

facilitator means a person approved as a facilitator under section 86 ;

family means a child's immediate family and extended family;

family group conference means a family group conference convened under section 30 , 39 or 53 ;

function includes duty;

Fund means the Tasmanian Guardianship Fund established and maintained under section 72 ;

Government Agency means –

(a) a Government department within the meaning of the State Service Act 2000 ; and

(b) an incorporated or unincorporated body that –

(i) is established, constituted or continued by or under an Act or under the royal prerogative; and

(ii) is, or has a governing authority that is, wholly or partly comprised of a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister of the Crown or another such body;

Government authority of another State means a Minister of the Crown, or a person appointed by the Crown, in right of another State;

guardian means –

(a) a parent of a child; and

(b) a person (other than the Secretary) who is the legal guardian of a child; and

(c) a person (other than the Secretary) who has the legal custody of a child; and

(d) any other person (other than the Secretary) who generally acts in the place of a parent of a child and has done so for a significant length of time;

immediate family , in relation to a child, includes all of a child's guardians;

interim assessment order means an order made under section 26(1) ;

interim care and protection order means an order made under section 46(1) ;

information-sharing entity means –

(a) a prescribed person within the meaning of section 14(1) ; or

(b) a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in or for the purposes of the Department or another department, within the meaning of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990 ; or

(c) a person conducting an establishment, within the meaning of the Health Service Establishments Act 2006 ; or

(d) a controlling authority of an approved hospital, approved assessment centre or secure mental health unit, all within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2013 ; or

(e) the person in charge of an organisation that –

(i) is a disability services provider within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 2011 ; and

(ii) receives funding under a funding agreement, within the meaning of that Act, to provide specialist disability services to a child; or

(f) the person in charge of an organisation that receives funding from the Secretary under a funding agreement to provide drug or alcohol treatment services; or

(g) the person in charge of an organisation that receives a referral from the Secretary or a Community-Based Intake Service; or

(h) any other person or organisation prescribed in the regulations;

parent includes a stepmother or stepfather of the child;

recognised Aboriginal organisation means an organisation declared to be a recognised Aboriginal organisation under section 106 ;

regulations means regulations made and in force under section 112 ;

risk notification means –

(a) information voluntarily provided to the Secretary or a Community-Based Intake Service under section 13(2) , or any similar voluntary notification to the Secretary or a Community-Based Intake Service; or

(b) information provided to the Secretary or a Community-Based Intake Service under section 14(2) ; or

(c) a report provided to the Secretary under section 18(3) or (5) ;

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department;

significant person means a person who is considered significant in the life of a child by –

(a) the Secretary or his or her nominee; or

(b) the guardian of the child;

State includes a Territory;

supervision order has the meaning given by section 42A ;

working day means any day other than –

(a) a Saturday; or

(b) a Sunday; or

(c) a statutory holiday as defined in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 ;

young person means a child who is 16 or 17 years old.

(2)  For the purposes of this Act, a person is married to another person if –

(a) he or she is legally married; or

(b) he or she is in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , with the other person.