4Definitions

#### 4 Definitions 4 Definitions > > (1) In this Act— > > > > Act administrator means any of the following— > > > > > (a) a Minister administering the whole or any part of this Act (whether jointly or otherwise), > > > > > (b) the Secretary, > > > > > (c) the Commissioner. > > > > assisted boarding house—see section 37. > > > > boarding premises means premises (or a complex of premises) that— > > > > > (a) are wholly or partly a boarding house, rooming or common lodgings house, hostel or let in lodgings, and > > > > > (b) provide boarders or lodgers with a principal place of residence, and > > > > > (c) may have shared facilities (such as a communal living room, bathroom, kitchen or laundry) or services that are provided to boarders or lodgers by or on behalf of the proprietor, or both, and > > > > > (d) have rooms (some or all of which may have private kitchen and bathroom facilities) that accommodate one or more boarders or lodgers. > > > > Commissioner means— > > > > > (a) the Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Customer Service, or > > > > > (b) if there is no person employed as Commissioner for Fair Trading—the Secretary of the Department of Customer Service. > > > > council means a council within the meaning of the [Local Government Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-030). > > > > enforcement officer means a person appointed as an enforcement officer under section 66. > > > > function includes a power, authority or duty, and exercise a function includes perform a duty. > > > > general boarding house—see section 5 (2) and (3). > > > > Government Department means a Public Service agency within the meaning of the [Government Sector Employment Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-040). > > > > manager, in relation to premises, means an individual who is responsible for the day to day running of the premises. > > > > person with additional needs—see section 36. > > > > premises includes— > > > > > (a) a building or structure, or > > > > > (b) land or a place (whether built on or not), or > > > > > (c) a vehicle, vessel or aircraft. > > > > proprietor, in relation to premises, means— > > > > > (a) in the case of premises that are leased—a tenant or sub-tenant who is entitled to immediate possession of the premises, or > > > > > (b) in any other case—an owner of the premises. > > > > registrable boarding house—see section 5. > > > > regulated assisted boarding house—see section 5 (1) (b). > > > > relative, in relation to a person, means any of the following— > > > > > (a) another person who is the spouse or de facto partner of the person, > > > > > (b) another person who is a parent, step-parent, son, daughter, step-son, step-daughter, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, uncle, aunt, niece or nephew (whether by blood, marriage, affinity or adoption) of the person, > > > > > (c) another person who is a guardian of the person, > > > > > (d) another person in whose care or custody the person has been placed in accordance with the provisions of the [Adoption Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2000-075), > > > > > (e) in the case of an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander— another person who is, or has been, part of the extended family or kin of the person according to the Indigenous kinship system of the person’s culture. > > > > Note— > > > > “De facto partner” is defined in section 21C of the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015). > > > > Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice. > > > (2) A reference in this Act to a regulation made for a Part is a reference to a regulation that is made for the purposes of a provision of that Part. > > > (3) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act. > > > > Note— > > > > For the purposes of comparison, a number of provisions of this Act contain bracketed notes in headings drawing attention (“cf”) to equivalent or comparable (though not necessarily identical) provisions of the [Youth and Community Services Act 1973](/view/html/repealed/current/act-1973-090) as in force immediately before its repeal by this Act. The Act is referred to in the notes by the abbreviation “YCS Act”. > > **s 4:** Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.4; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.3 \[2\]–\[4\]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.3\[1\] \[2\].