Terms used
155 Terms used
In this Division —
child means a person who is under 18 years of age;
disability has the meaning given in the Disability Services Act 1993 section 3;
impaired person means a person who has a disability that impairs the person’s capacity to make decisions;
relative, in relation to an impaired person, means a person who is —
related, by blood or marriage, to the impaired person; or
the impaired person’s de facto partner;
responsible person, in relation to an impaired person, means —
a relative of the impaired person; or
a person who is a guardian of the impaired person under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990; or
a person who is an enduring guardian of the impaired person under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 and is authorised to perform functions in relation to the impaired person in the circumstances in which this Division applies; or
a person recognised as the impaired person’s representative under the Disability Services Act 1993 section 32(2); or
a person who is a carer (as defined in the Carers Recognition Act 2004 section 4) in relation to the impaired person; or
a person, or a person in a class of persons, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
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This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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