Interpretation
61 Interpretation
In this Part—
another jurisdiction means a State (other than South Australia) or a Territory of the
Commonwealth;
corresponding law means a law of another jurisdiction—
that—
makes provision for the treatment and care of persons with mental illness;
and
corresponds (or substantially corresponds) to this Act; or
that is declared by the regulations to be a corresponding law for the purposes of this definition;
interstate authorised officer means a person on whom power is conferred under a corresponding law to take a person who has a mental illness into his or her care and control;
interstate community treatment order means an order made under a corresponding law for the purpose of bringing about the treatment of a person who has a mental illness without a requirement for the person's treatment as an interstate inpatient;
interstate inpatient means a person admitted as a patient in an interstate treatment centre;
interstate inpatient treatment order means an order made under a corresponding law for the purpose of bringing about the treatment as an interstate inpatient of a person who has a mental illness;
interstate officer means a person on whom any power is conferred under a corresponding law;
interstate patient absent without leave means a person to whom an interstate inpatient treatment order applies who is absent from an interstate treatment centre in which he or she was an interstate inpatient, or is otherwise absent without leave, without lawful authority under the relevant corresponding law;
interstate treatment centre means a hospital or other facility in which a person may be admitted under an interstate inpatient treatment order, or a place at which a person to whom an interstate community treatment order applies may be required to be treated under the order;
Ministerial agreement means an agreement made under section 62 or an agreement declared under that section to have effect as a
Ministerial agreement for the purposes of this Part;
South
Australian authorised officer means an authorised officer under this Act or a member of South
Australia Police under the Police
Act 1998;
South
Australian community treatment order means a community treatment order under Part
4;
South
Australian inpatient treatment order means an inpatient treatment order under Part
5;
South
Australian officer means a person on whom any power is conferred under this Act;
South
Australian treatment centre means a treatment centre under Part
12.
This provision refers to the regulations (declared by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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