253ADefinitions

253A Definitions

253A Definitions

In this Part—

adult means a person who is of or above the age of 18 years.

child means a person who is under the age of 18 years.

correctional officer includes a person holding an authority under section 240 to perform custodial duties.

impaired intellectual functioning means—

(a) total or partial loss of a person’s mental functions, or

(b) a disorder or malfunction that results in a person learning differently from a person without the disorder or malfunction, or

(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.

non-correctional member of staff means—

(a) a person employed within Corrective Services NSW, or

(b) a person employed at a managed correctional centre,

but does not include a correctional officer.

place of detention means a correctional centre, correctional complex or residential facility.

relevant offence means an offence under this Act or the regulations, but does not include an offence prescribed by the regulations.

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.

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.

s 253A: Ins 2016 No 47, Sch 1 [14]. Am 2018 No 74, Sch 1 [3]; 2019 No 20, Sch 1.7[1].