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Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999
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#### 253A Definitions
253A Definitions
> In this Part—
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> adult means a person who is of or above the age of 18 years.
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> child means a person who is under the age of 18 years.
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> correctional officer includes a person holding an authority under section 240 to perform custodial duties.
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> impaired intellectual functioning means—
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> > (a) total or partial loss of a person’s mental functions, or
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> > (b) a disorder or malfunction that results in a person learning differently from a person without the disorder or malfunction, or
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> > (c) a disorder, illness or disease that affects a person’s thought processes, perceptions of reality, emotions or judgment, or that results in disturbed behaviour.
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> non-correctional member of staff means—
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> > (a) a person employed within Corrective Services NSW, or
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> > (b) a person employed at a managed correctional centre,
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> but does not include a correctional officer.
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> place of detention means a correctional centre, correctional complex or residential facility.
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> relevant offence means an offence under this Act or the regulations, but does not include an offence prescribed by the regulations.
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> remotely piloted aircraft means an unmanned airborne craft, including a drone or other remotely piloted, or otherwise controlled, airborne craft, part of a remotely piloted aircraft and the remote control for a remotely piloted aircraft.
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> search observation staff member means a non-correctional member of staff (or member of a class of such persons) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
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> **s 253A:** Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 \[14\]. Am 2018 No 74, Sch 1 \[3\]; 2019 No 20, Sch 1.7\[1\].