(b) physical or emotional injury or other abuse, or neglect, to the extent that –
(i) the injured, abused or neglected person has suffered, or is likely to suffer, physical or psychological harm detrimental to the person's wellbeing; or
(ii) the injured, abused or neglected person's physical or psychological development is in jeopardy –
and "abused or neglected" has a corresponding meaning;
(a) who is of or above a rank as specified by the Commissioner of Police for the purpose of this Act; or
(b) who is designated as an authorised police officer by the Commissioner of Police for the purpose of this Act;
care agreement means an agreement entered into under section 11 ;
care and protection order means an order made under section 42 ;
child means a person under 18 years of age;
child care means the provision of care or accommodation to a child by a person other than the child's parent or a member of the child's extended family;
child care service means operations concerned with child care, including a person or agency that is involved with organising or arranging placements for children in child care or placements of child carers with children;
Children and Young Persons Advisory Council means the committee established under section 81(1)(b) ;
Children and Young Persons Consultative Council means the committee established under section 81(1)(a) ;
enactment means an Act, order or other instrument of a legislative character of Tasmania, another State, the Commonwealth, another country or any other place;
extended family means –
(a) all persons, other than the child's immediate family, to whom the child is or has been related by blood, adoption or marriage; and
(b) if a child is an Aboriginal child who has traditional Aboriginal kinship ties, those persons held to be related to the child according to Aboriginal kinship rules; and
(c) if the child is a member of a community that accepts relationships other than those referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) as kinship ties, those persons held to be related to the child by that community;
facilitator means a person approved as a facilitator under section 86 ;
family means a child's immediate family and extended family;
(i) is established, constituted or continued by or under an Act or under the royal prerogative; and
(ii) is, or has a governing authority that is, wholly or partly comprised of a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister of the Crown or another such body;
Government authority of another State means a Minister of the Crown, or a person appointed by the Crown, in right of another State;
guardian means –
(a) a parent of a child; and
(b) a person (other than the Secretary) who is the legal guardian of a child; and
(c) a person (other than the Secretary) who has the legal custody of a child; and
(d) any other person (other than the Secretary) who generally acts in the place of a parent of a child and has done so for a significant length of time;
immediate family, in relation to a child, includes all of a child's guardians;
interim assessment order means an order made under section 26(1) ;
interim care and protection order means an order made under section 46(1) ;
(a) a prescribed person within the meaning of section 14(1) ; or
(b) a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in or for the purposes of the Department or another department, within the meaning of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990 ; or
(f) the person in charge of an organisation that receives funding from the Secretary under a funding agreement to provide drug or alcohol treatment services; or
(g) the person in charge of an organisation that receives a referral from the Secretary or a Community-Based Intake Service; or
(h) any other person or organisation prescribed in the regulations;
parent includes a stepmother or stepfather of the child;
(a) information voluntarily provided to the Secretary or a Community-Based Intake Service under section 13(2) , or any similar voluntary notification to the Secretary or a Community-Based Intake Service; or
(b) information provided to the Secretary or a Community-Based Intake Service under section 14(2) ; or
(c) a report provided to the Secretary under section 18(3) or (5) ;