Dictionary
Schedule 1 Dictionary
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administrator means an administrator appointed under the Guardianship Act.
adult, for chapter 3, see section 17.
adult guardian functions see section 12.
advance health directive means an advance health directive under the Powers of Attorney Act.
authorised function see section 106(1).
authorised mental health service, for chapter 4, see section 51.
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carer—
in relation to a child staying at a visitable home, means a person in whose care the child has been placed; or
in relation to a stand-alone service, means a person—
who is engaged to provide education and care of a child in the course of a stand-alone service; or
who is conducting the stand-alone service and providing education and care of children in the course of the service.
chapter 5B approval, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
chief executive (child safety) means the chief executive of the child safety department.
chief executive (corrective services) means the chief executive of the corrective services department.
chief executive (disability services) means the chief executive of the disability services department.
chief executive (education) means the chief executive of the education department.
chief executive (health) means the chief executive of the health department.
chief executive (housing) means the chief executive of the housing department.
chief executive (youth justice services) means the chief executive of the youth justice department.
child accommodation service, for chapter 4, see section 51.
child advocacy officer means a person appointed as a child advocacy officer under section 109.
child advocate functions see section 13.
Child Protection Act means the Child Protection Act 1999.
child protection matter means a matter in relation to a reviewable child protection decision.
child safety department means the department mainly responsible for child protection services.
child under care, for chapter 4, see section 51.
community services department means the department mainly responsible for community services.
community visitor means a person appointed under section 109 as—
a community visitor (adult); or
a community visitor (child); or
a community visitor (adult) and a community visitor (child).
complaint, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
confidential information includes information about a person’s affairs but does not include—
information already publicly disclosed unless further disclosure of the information is prohibited by law; or
statistical or other information that could not reasonably be expected to result in the identification of the person to whom the information relates.
consumer, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
corrective services department means the department mainly responsible for corrective services.
corrective services facility, for chapter 4, see section 51.
criminal history, of a person, means—
the person’s criminal history within the meaning of the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986; and
despite the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986, section 6, any conviction of the person to which that section applies; and
charges made against the person for an offence committed in Queensland or elsewhere and results of those charges; and
a finding of guilt against the person, or the acceptance of a plea of guilty by the person, by a court.
detention centre, for chapter 4, see section 51.
disability services department means the department mainly responsible for disabilities services.
education department means the department mainly responsible for education.
enduring document means an enduring power of attorney or an advance health directive.
enduring power of attorney means an enduring power of attorney under the Powers of Attorney Act.
external contractor see section 106(1).
financial matter see the Guardianship Act, schedule 2, section 1.
forensic disability service, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
forensic examination, of an adult, see the Guardianship Act, schedule 4.
funded adult participant, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
general principles see the Guardianship Act, section 11B.
government entity means a government entity under the Public Sector Act 2022, section 276, and includes the police service to the extent it is not a government entity under that section.
government service provider means a government entity or a local government.
guardian means a guardian appointed under the Guardianship Act.
Guardianship Act means the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000.
health care, see the Guardianship Act, schedule 2, section 5.
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health care principles see the Guardianship Act, section 11C.
health department means the department mainly responsible for hospitals.
health matter see the Powers of Attorney Act, schedule 2, section 4.
health provider means a person who provides health care in the practice of a profession or the ordinary course of business.
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housing department means the department mainly responsible for housing services.
impaired capacity, for a person for a matter, see the Guardianship Act, schedule 4.
impairment, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity, for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child, see the Child Protection Act 1999, schedule 3.
interested person, for another person, means a person who has a sufficient and genuine concern for the rights and interests of the other person.
national disability insurance scheme means the National Disability Insurance Scheme under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth).
national disability insurance scheme rules means the National Disability Insurance Scheme rules made under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth), section 209.
NDIS agency means the National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency established under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth), section 117.
NDIS commission means the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission established under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth), section 181A.
NDIS commissioner means the Commissioner of the NDIS commission appointed under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth), section 181L.
normal hours means the hours between 8a.m. and 6p.m.
parent see section 53.
participant’s plan, for a person, means a plan for the person under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) that is in effect under section 37 of that Act.
personal matter, for an adult with impaired capacity for a matter, see the Guardianship Act, schedule 2, section 2.
power of attorney, for chapter 3, see section 17.
Powers of Attorney Act means the Powers of Attorney Act 1998.
prescribed department, for chapter 4, see section 51.
prescribed entities, for chapter 4, part 4, see section 86.
private dwelling house, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
private service provider means an entity, other than a government service provider, that provides a service for which the funding is—
wholly or partly provided by the State or a local government; or
wholly or partly administered by the State.
public advocate means the public advocate under the Guardianship Act.
public guardian means the person appointed as the public guardian under section 94.
public guardian’s delegate for an investigation means a delegate of the public guardian under section 20(1).
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registered NDIS provider see the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth), section 9.
relation, of an adult, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
relevant child see section 52.
relevant class of supports, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
residential facility, for chapter 4, see section 51.
restrictive practice means—
a restrictive practice within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 2006, section 144; or
a regulated restrictive practice within the meaning of the national disability insurance scheme rules made for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth), section 73H about conditions applying to registered NDIS providers in relation to the use of regulated restrictive practices.
reviewable child protection decision means a reviewable decision mentioned in the Child Protection Act, schedule 2 other than—
a decision about a licence under section 129 of that Act; or
a decision about a certificate of approval under section 136 of that Act; or
a decision about an authority under section 137, 138, 140, 140AG(3) or (4) or 140AH of that Act.
reviewable decision, for chapter 6, part 1, see section 128.
service provider means a government service provider or private service provider.
special health care see the Guardianship Act, schedule 2, section 7.
special health matter see the Powers of Attorney Act, schedule 2, section 6.
specialist disability accommodation, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
specialist positive behaviour support, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39.
staff member, of a visitable site, means—
a person in charge of the site; or
another person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the management of the site; or
another person who is employed, or providing services, at the site.
stand-alone service see the Education and Care Services Act 2013, section 9.
statutory health attorney see the Powers of Attorney Act, section 63.
tribunal means QCAT.
tribunal registry means the registry established under the QCAT Act, section 207.
visitable home, for chapter 4, see section 51.
visitable location, for chapter 4, see section 51.
visitable site—
in relation to an adult with impaired capacity for a matter—see section 39; or
in relation to a child—see section 51.
visitable site document—
for chapter 3, part 6, see section 39; or
for chapter 4, see section 51.
youth justice department means the department mainly responsible for youth justice.
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