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PROTECTIVE CUSTODY ACT 2000 - SECT 3

PROTECTIVE CUSTODY ACT 2000 - SECT 3

3 .         Interpretation

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        adult means a person who has reached 18 years of age;

        apprehended means apprehended under section 6(1);

        appropriate facility , in relation to an apprehended person, means an approved place to which the person may be taken in accordance with a notice published under section 26(1);

        approved place means a place approved under section 26(1);

        authorised officer means a community officer, a police officer, or a security officer as defined in the Public Transport Authority Act 2003 section 3;

        child means a person who is under 18 years of age;

        community officer means a person appointed under section 27;

        intoxicant means —

            (a)         alcohol; or

            (b)         a drug, or a volatile or other substance, capable of intoxicating a person;

        intoxicated means affected by, or apparently by, an intoxicant to such an extent that there is a significant impairment of judgment or behaviour;

        JP means Justice of the Peace;

        public place includes —

            (a)         a place to which the public are admitted on the payment of money or other consideration, the test of admittance being only the payment of money or other consideration;

            (b)         a school, university or other place of education, other than a part of it to which neither students nor the public usually have access; and

            (c)         a privately owned place —

                  (i)         that is not occupied by, or with the authority of, the owner; or

                  (ii)         to which the public has access with the express or implied approval of the owner, occupier or person who has the control or management of the place;

        volatile substance means a substance that produces a vapour at room temperature.

        [Section 3 amended: No. 31 of 2003 s. 206(2); No. 8 of 2008 s. 17 and 23(7).]