5Meaning of “carer”

5 Meaning of “carer”

5 Meaning of “carer”

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is a carer if the person is an individual who provides ongoing personal care, support and assistance to any other individual who needs it because that other individual:

(a) is a person with disability within the meaning of the Disability Inclusion Act 2014, or

(b) has a medical condition (including a terminal or chronic illness), or

(c) has a mental illness, or

(d) is frail and aged.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a person is not a carer for the purposes of this Act in respect of care, support and assistance that the person provides:

(a) under a contract of service or a contract for the provision of services, or

(b) in the course of doing voluntary work for a charitable, welfare or community organisation, or

(c) as part of the requirements of a course of education or training.

(3) To avoid doubt, a person is not a carer of another person for the purposes of this Act merely because the person:

(a) is the spouse or de facto partner of the person, or

(b) is the parent, guardian, child or other relative of the other person, or

(c) lives with the other person.

s 5: Am 2014 No 41, Sch 5.1.