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2The *Child Care Services Act 2007* Pt. 6 contains transitional provisions relating to the repealed Pt. 8 of this Act. Start here
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Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined term Provision(s)
Aboriginal child 3
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander representative organisation 3
Aboriginal person 3
adult 3
advisory body 27(1)
amending section Sch. 1 cl. 26
another law 107(1)
applicant 91
application for assistance 235(1)
appropriate person 41(1)
approved person 112
assessor 3
assistance 22(4A)
authorisation Sch. 1 cl. 1
authorised CEO 131A
authorised entity 28A
authorised officer 3
authorised officer (Child Protection) Sch. 1 cl. 29
authorised officer (Education) Sch. 1 cl. 29
authorised person 112
authorised purpose 241A
boarding facility 124A
boarding supervisor 124A
body piercing 104A(1)
care plan 3, 89(2)
care planning decision 91
care plan review panel 91
carer 3
CEO 3, 28A
CEO (Corrective Services) 24A(1), 131A
CEO (Education) 131A, Sch. 1 cl. 29
change of name application 63(2)
child 3, 42, 74, 79(1), 84(1), 105(1), 124F(1),
126(1), 131, 150(1), 240(1)
child care services 3
child protection order 157(1)
child protection proceeding 157(1)
Children’s Court 157(1)
child welfare law 157(1)
commencement Sch. 1 cl. 28(1)
commencement day 124A, Sch. 1 cl. 1 and 29
Commissioner 242A(1)
Commissioner of Police 124D(1)
Commonwealth agency 23(1)
community 3
condition 51(1), 64(1)
consent 127(1)
continuation order 88E(1)
corrective services officer 131A
corresponding authority 23(1)
Court 3
cultural support plan 3, 89A
delivery work 188
Department 3
departmental officer 124A
Previous section 1 The provision in this Act amending these Acts has been omitted under the *Reprints Act 1984* s. 7(4)(e).
departmental parenting agreement Sch. 1 cl. 29
departmental record 238(1)
early childhood worker 124A
entry warrant 241A, 241L(1)
existing appeal Sch. 1 cl. 1
existing order Sch. 1 cl. 1
existing proceedings Sch. 1 cl. 1
extended order Sch. 1 cl. 1
identifying information 124A, 240(1)
in need of protection 3, 28(2)
interim order (secure care) 3
interstate officer 157(1)
intervention action 32(2)
investigable death 242A(1)
Ministerial Body 17, Sch. 1 cl. 27(1)
minister of religion 124A
negotiated placement agreement 3
non-government provider 23(1), 28A
officer 3, 37(1), 41(1), 87(1), 88J(1)
out-of-home care service provider 124A
out-of-home care worker 124A
parentage testing order 136A
parentage testing procedure 136A
parental responsibility 3
participating State 157(1)
party to the initial proceedings 42
place of residence 105(1)
proposed interstate order 158(1), 167(1)
protection order (special guardianship) 3
protection order (supervision) 3
protection order (time-limited) 3
protection order (until 18) 3
provisional care plan 3, 39(2)
provisionally protected child 88A
provisional protection and care 3
PSR Act parenting agreement Sch. 1 cl. 29
registrar of the Court 157(1)
relevant information 23(1), 28A
relevant modification 94(2)
religious confession 124BA(1)
repealed Act Sch. 1 cl. 1
responsible parenting agreement 3, 131C
section 18(1) Sch. 1 cl. 27(1)
secure care arrangement 3, 88C(1)
secure care decision 3, 88G(1)
secure care period 88F(1), 134A(2)
specified Sch. 1 cl. 25(5)
Torres Strait Islander child 3
warrant (apprehension) 122(1)
warrant (provisional protection and care) 123(1)
youth justice worker 124A
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