Change Or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021

In this Act—

associate, in relation to a body corporate, means the following—

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency means the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency established by section 23 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law;

board of directors means the body (by whatever name called) exercising the executive authority of a body corporate;

change or suppression practice has the meaning given by section 5;

Chief Commissioner of Police means the Chief Commissioner within the meaning of the Victoria Police Act 2013;

Commission has the same meaning as it has in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010;

Commissioner has the same meaning as it has in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010;

compliance notice means a compliance notice issued under section 45(1);

corporate culture of a body corporate means an attitude, policy, rule, course of conduct or practice existing within the body corporate or within a part of the body corporate, as the case requires;

Director of Public Prosecutions means the Director of Public Prosecutions appointed under section 87AB of the Constitution Act 1975;

enforceable undertaking means an undertaking accepted under section 43;

gender identity has the same meaning as it has in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010;

Health Complaints Commissioner means the Commissioner within the meaning of the Health Complaints Act 2016;

health service has the same meaning as it has in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law;

health service provider has the same meaning as it has in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law;

IBAC means the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission established by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Act 2011;

injury has the same meaning as it has in section 15 of the Crimes Act 1958;

investigation means an investigation under section 34;

officer, in relation to a body corporate, means an officer (as defined by section 9 of the Corporations Act) of the body corporate to the extent that the officer is acting within the actual or apparent scope of their employment or within their actual or apparent authority;

Ombudsman means the person appointed as the Ombudsman under section 3 of the Ombudsman Act 1973;

organisation means an unincorporated body or association, whether the body or association—

person affected by a change or suppression practice means a person towards whom a change or suppression practice is being, or has been, directed;

police officer has the same meaning as it has in the Victoria Police Act 2013;

produce includes permit access to;

protected information has the meaning given by section 50;

serious injury has the same meaning as it has in section 15 of the Crimes Act 1958;

sexual orientation has the same meaning as it has in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010;

Tribunal means the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998;

Victoria Police has the same meaning as in the Victoria Police Act 2013;

Victorian Inspectorate means the Victorian Inspectorate established by the Victorian Inspectorate Act 2011.