36DDefinitions

#### 36D Definitions 36D Definitions > In this Part— > > child means a person who is under the age of 18 years. > > director, in relation to a licensed injecting centre, means a medical practitioner appointed as director of the centre, and includes any other medical practitioner appointed to act as director of the centre during the illness or absence of the director or during a vacancy in the office of the director. > > internal management protocols, in relation to a licensed injecting centre, means the protocols finalised for the centre as referred to in section 36F or, if the protocols are amended or replaced as referred to in section 36M, the protocols as so amended or replaced. > > law includes common law. > > licence means a licence in force under this Part. > > licensed injecting centre means the premises that are the subject of a licence. > > prescribed drug means a prohibited drug or a substance prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition. > > qualified health professional means a medical practitioner, a registered nurse or a person having qualifications or experience specified or described by order of the Minister published in the Gazette. > > responsible authorities means the Commissioner of Police and the Director-General of the Department of Health. > > staff, in relation to a licensed injecting centre, includes— > > > (a) all persons engaged to provide services at the centre, whether under a contract of employment or otherwise, and > > > (b) all persons authorised to provide voluntary assistance at the centre in accordance with the centre’s licence conditions and internal management protocols. > > The employer of a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) is the person by or on whose behalf the person so referred to is engaged to provide services or authorised to provide voluntary assistance, as the case requires. > > supervisor, in relation to a licensed injecting centre, means the director of the centre or a qualified health professional nominated by the director to supervise the centre. > > **s 36D:** Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1. Am 2002 No 21, Sch 1 \[3\]; 2003 No 47, Sch 1 \[5\]; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.14 \[2\]; 2010 No 81, Sch 1 \[5\].