530Definitions—Act and ch 16

530 Definitions—Act and ch 16 harmful conduct, engaged in by a child or young person—see section 533. intensive therapy history, for a child or young person—see section 537. intensive therapy order, for a child or young person—see section 532. intensive therapy place—see section 535. interim intensive therapy order, for a child or young person—see section 543. mental disorder—see the Mental Health Act 2015, section 9. Note The Mental Health Act 2015, s 9 defines mental disorder as a disturbance or defect, to a substantially disabling degree, of perceptual interpretation, comprehension, reasoning, learning, judgment, memory, motivation or emotion, other than a mental illness. mental illness—see the Mental Health Act 2015, section 10. Note The Mental Health Act 2015, s 10 defines mental illness as a condition that seriously impairs (either temporarily or permanently) the mental functioning of a person in 1 or more areas of thought, mood, volition, perception, orientation or memory, and is characterised by— (a) the presence of at least 1 of the following symptoms: (i) delusions;

(ii) hallucinations; (iii) serious disorders of streams of thought; (iv) serious disorders of thought form; (v) serious disturbance of mood; or (b) sustained or repeated irrational behaviour that may be taken to indicate the presence of at least 1 of the symptoms mentioned in par (a). intensive therapy person means— (a) for an intensive therapy place for which the director-general is the operating entity—an authorised person to whom the director-general has delegated functions of an intensive therapy person under this chapter; and (b) for any other intensive therapy place—a person that the operating entity has authorised to exercise the functions of an intensive therapy person under this chapter for the intensive therapy place. intensive therapy register—see section 596 (1). risk assessment, for a child or young person—see section 534 (1). therapy plan, for a child or young person for whom the director-general has applied for an intensive therapy order—see section 536. therapy transition plan—see section 538.