3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires –

approved place means a place approved by the Registrar under section 20 ;

authorised person means a police officer of a class prescribed by the regulations;

child means a person who is under 18 years of age;

Class 1 offence has the meaning given to that term in section 13 ;

Class 2 offence has the meaning given to that term in section 14 ;

Class 3 offence has the meaning given to that term in section 15 ;

Commissioner means the person holding or acting in the office of Commissioner of Police under the Police Service Act 2003 ;

community order means –

(a) a community service order or probation order made under the Sentencing Act 1997 ; or

(b) a community service order or probation order made under the Youth Justice Act 1997 ;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 20 of 2020, s. 4, Applied:28 Sep 2020] community protection order has the meaning given to that term in section 3A ;

corresponding Act means a law of a foreign jurisdiction that –

(a) provides for people who have committed specified offences to report in that jurisdiction information about themselves and to keep that information current for a specified period; and