Acts Interpretation Act 1931

In any Act –

Australian lawyer has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Act 2007;

Australian legal practitioner has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Act 2007;

authorised deposit-taking institution means a body corporate that is an authorised deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth;

Building Regulations has the same meaning as in the Building Act 2016;

commissioned police officer means a commissioned police officer as defined in the Police Service Act 2003;

Commissioner of Police means the Commissioner of Police as defined in the Police Service Act 2003;

contravene includes fail to comply with;

council means a council within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993;

crime shall mean an offence punishable upon indictment as provided by the Criminal Code, and where in any Act any offence is declared to be a felony or is made punishable upon information, the same shall be deemed to be a crime;

enrolled nurse means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the nursing profession whose name is entered on Division 2 of the Register of Nurses, kept under that Law, as an enrolled nurse;

estate, used in reference to land, shall include any estate or interest, easement, right, title, claim, demand, charge, lien, or encumbrance in, over, to, or in respect of such land;

fail to comply with includes contravene;

Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia;

fee unit has the same meaning as in the Fee Units Act 1997;

High Court means the High Court of Australia;

infringement notice means an infringement notice within the meaning of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005;

instigate, used in relation to any offence, shall mean counsel, procure, or command;

Integrity Commission means the Integrity Commission established under the Integrity Commission Act 2009;

judge means – in relation to a specified court, a judge of that court; or in any other case, a judge of the Supreme Court;

justice shall mean a justice of the peace;

land shall include messuages, tenements, and hereditaments, houses, and buildings of any tenure and any estate or interest therein;

local authority means the council exercising jurisdiction in the locality to which the context relates;

Magistrates Court means the Magistrates Court of Tasmania;

medical practitioner means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the medical profession;

mental disorder means mental illness, within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2013, arrested or incomplete development of mind, psychopathic disorder and any other disorder or disability of mind;

month shall mean calendar month;

municipal area means a municipal area within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993;

newspaper shall mean a newspaper as defined by the Printers and Newspapers Act 1911;

offence means any contravention of, or failure to comply with, a law for which a person is liable to be punished, whether summarily or otherwise;

paramedic means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the paramedicine profession;

pharmacist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the pharmacy profession;

Plumbing Regulations has the same meaning as in the Building Act 2016;

police officer means a police officer as defined in the Police Service Act 2003;

Police Service means the Police Service established under the Police Service Act 2003;

psychopathic disorder means a persistent disorder or disability of mind (whether or not including subnormality of intelligence) that results in abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct on the part of a person and requires or is susceptible to medical treatment;

public place shall mean any place to which, at the relevant time, the public have access, whether on payment of money for admission thereto or otherwise;

registered nurse means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the nursing profession whose name is entered on Division 1 of the Register of Nurses, kept under that Law, as a registered nurse;

State Service means the State Service constituted by the State Service Act 2000;

State Service Agency means an Agency within the meaning of the State Service Act 2000;

State Service employee means an employee within the meaning of the State Service Act 2000;

State Service employment means employment pursuant to an appointment as an officer or employee under the State Service Act 2000;

State Service officer means an officer within the meaning of the State Service Act 2000;

statutory declaration or solemn declaration shall mean a declaration made and taken – in this State, in accordance with the Oaths Act 2001; in the United Kingdom or any British possession beyond this State, before a justice, notary public, or other person authorized by law to take a declaration therein; in any other place, before a British consul or vice-consul or other person having authority under any Act or Imperial Act to take a declaration;

Supreme Court shall mean the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and shall include the Supreme Court as first constituted under letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, dated 13th October 1823;

Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal means the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established by section 8 of the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020;

town shall mean any place proclaimed or declared to be a town under any law authorizing such proclamation or declaration;

will shall include a codicil.