17Interpretation

17 Interpretation

17 Interpretation

(1) In this Part and in Schedule 3:

authorised employee of a community care agency means:

(a) if the agency is a Government Department (or part of a Government Department)—an employee of the Department appointed by the Secretary of the Department, or

(b) if the agency is the Civil and Administrative Tribunal—a member of staff of the Tribunal appointed by the President of the Tribunal.

community care agency means any of the following:

(a) the Department of Family and Community Services (including any office or branch of the Department or any Public Service executive agency that is related to the Department for the purposes of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013),

(b) Juvenile Justice in the Department of Justice,

(c) the Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

personal information custodian, of an individual, means any of the following:

(a) the individual’s guardian (within the meaning of the Guardianship Act 1987),

(b) the individual’s attorney (within the meaning of the Powers of Attorney Act 2003),

(c) the spouse of the individual, if the relationship between the individual and the spouse is close and continuing,

(d) a person who has the care of the individual (within the meaning of the Guardianship Act 1987),

(e) a close friend or relative of the individual (within the meaning of the Guardianship Act 1987).

spouse means:

(a) the person to whom a person is legally married (including the husband or wife of a person), or

(b) a de facto partner,

but where more than one person would so qualify as a spouse, means only the last person so to qualify.

Note—

“De facto partner” is defined in section 21C of the Interpretation Act 1987.