disability means any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in a normal manner (being a restriction or lack of ability arising from any absence, loss or abnormality of mental, psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function);
eligible person means a person registered in relation to a particular forensic patient in the Eligible Persons Register;
(i) in respect of the child, has all of the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which, by law, parents have in relation to their children; or
(ii) is the legal guardian of the child; or
(iii) has the legal custody of the child; and
(b) if there is no person who falls within paragraph (a) in respect of the child, a person who –
(i) generally acts as a parent of the child; and
(ii) has acted as a parent of the child for a significant length of time; and
(iii) is recognised by the child as a parental figure for the child;
patient means, according to the context, a voluntary inpatient, involuntary patient or forensic patient and, in Part 6 of Chapter 2 , includes a voluntary patient;
personal reasons for granting any patient a leave of absence under this Act include –
(a) visiting a sick or dying relative or close friend; and
(b) attending the funeral of a relative or close friend; and
(c) attending a wedding or graduation of a relative or close friend; and
(d) attending a family occasion of special importance; and
(b) a person serving a sentence of detention imposed under the Youth Justice Act 1997 or subject to an order under that Act remanding the person to a detention centre;
seclusion means the deliberate confinement of an involuntary patient or forensic patient, alone, in a room or area that the patient cannot freely exit;
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department;
Secretary (Corrections) means the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Corrections Act 1997 ;
Secretary (Youth Justice) means the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Youth Justice Act 1997 ;
secure mental health unit means a secure mental health unit approved for this Act under section 140 ;
sentence of imprisonment includes a sentence of detention imposed under the Youth Justice Act 1997 ;
setting, of any assessment or treatment, means its setting in terms of whether the assessment or treatment occurs or is given in the community or in an approved facility or by some combination thereof;
statement of rights means a written statement that sets out and succinctly explains, in plain language, what rights a patient or prospective patient has in the particular circumstances under this Act in which he or she is required to be given such a statement;
varying, the conditions of any leave, includes adding new conditions and substituting or revoking existing conditions;
voluntary inpatient, of an approved facility, means a person who –
(a) has been admitted to the facility voluntarily to receive treatment for a mental illness; and
(b) is receiving that treatment on the basis of informed consent;
voluntary patient means a person who is not an involuntary patient or a forensic patient;
youth detainee means a person who is –
(a) serving a sentence of detention imposed under the Youth Justice Act 1997 that would, if the person were not a forensic patient, be served in a detention centre; or
(b) subject to an order under the Youth Justice Act 1997 or another Act remanding the person to a detention centre.