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Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023
1The *Information Commissioner Act 2024* Pt. 7 Div. 2 will not come into operation and was deleted (see s. 2(2)).
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1 The *Information Commissioner Act 2024* Pt. 7 Div. 2 will not come into operation and was deleted (see s. 2(2)).
Defined terms
*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*
**Defined term Provision(s)**
accused 9(1)
administrator 9(1)
advocacy services officer 9(1)
approved electronic monitoring device 220
audio link 9(1)
authorised hospital 9(1)
Board 237
carer 9(1)
CEO 9(1)
CEO (Community Services) 65(1)
CEO (Corrections) 9(1)
CEO (Young Offenders) 9(1)
charge 9(1)
Chief Mental Health Advocate 9(1)
Chief Psychiatrist 9(1)
child 9(1)
child-specific considerations 9(1)
CLMI identified person 127
close family member 9(1)
CO 9(1)
commencement day 237
communication partner 21(1)
community 9(1)
community corrections officer 9(1)
community member 155
community order 253(1)
Community Services Department 9(1)
community supervision order 9(1)
confidentiality order 169(1)
contractor 140(1)
corresponding law 200
CSO 9(1)
custodial order 17(1)
custodial sentence 227(1)
custody order 9(1)
deciding court 213
declared place 9(1)
Department 9(1)
Deputy President 9(1)
detention centre 9(1)
Disability Services Commission 9(1)
disclosing agency 226(1)
DSC declared place 9(1)
electronic means 229(1)
enduring guardian 9(1)
existing community order 253(2)
existing custody order 237, 254(1)
existing leave of absence order 255(1)
existing registrar 273
experienced lawyer 9(1), 155
extended community supervision order 9(1)
extended custody order 9(1)
extended order 9(1)
finding of unfitness 35(1)
foreign jurisdiction 211(2)
guardian 9(1)
health professional 9(1)
hospital order 9(1) and (2)
identified person 200
inpatient treatment order 9(1)
interim community supervision order 9(1)
interim custody order 9(1)
interim disposition 9(1), 200
international supervision order 211(2)
interstate supervision order 200
involuntary inpatient 9(1)
involuntary patient 9(1)
leave of absence order 9(1), 77(1)
limiting term 9(1)
mandatory service 127
medical practitioner 127
member 9(1)
member of staff 155
member of the immediate family of the deceased 142(1)
mental health advocate 9(1)
mental health practitioner 127
mental illness 9(1)
mental impairment 9(1)
MHA identified person 139(2)
Minister for Corrective Services 9(1)
new provision 237
offence 263(3)
officer 219
old provision 237
original decision 98(2), 218(2)
parent 9(1)
participating jurisdiction 200, 219
personal information 9(1)
person covered by this Act 219
prescribed 9(1)
President 9(1)
prison 9(1)
proceedings 155
psychiatrist 9(1)
psychologist 9(1)
Public Advocate 9(1)
public sector body 219
public service member 155
question of law 155
recipient agency 226(1)
registrar 155
release day 257(2) and (3)
relevant court 88(3)
relevant decision 70(1)
relevant function 219
relevant proceeding 123(1)
remuneration 9(1)
repealed Act 237
representative 9(1)
responsible person 139(3) and (5)
reviewable decision 90
reviewable order 65(1)
safety of the community 9(1)
sentence 227(1)
serious offence 9(1)
special proceeding 9(1)
specified 9(1), 222(1)
statutory penalty 9(1)
supervised person 9(1)
supervised release order 227(1)
supervising officer 9(1), 270(1)
supervision order 9(1)
supporting agency 9(1), 219
support measure 9(1)
term of detention 50(1)
term of imprisonment 50(1)
trial 9(1)
Tribunal 9(1)
unable to act 175(1)
underlying custody order 9(1)
unfit accused 9(1)
victim 9(1), 142(1)
victim impact statement 143
video link 9(1)
violent personal offence 142(1)
working day 9(1)
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