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Criminal Code Act 1983
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186A Definitions
authorised professional means a person registered under the
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (other than as a
student) to practise in:
(a) the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practice
profession; or
(b) the nursing profession; or
(c) the midwifery profession.
female genital mutilation means the excision, infibulation or any
other mutilation of the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia
minora or clitoris.
gender reassignment procedure means a surgical procedure to
give a female, or a person whose sex is ambivalent, the genital
appearance of a particular sex (whether male or female).