Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 (NO. 19 OF 2008) - SECT 530

    (1)     In this Act:

"harmful conduct"—see section 533.

"interim therapeutic protection order"—see section 543.

"mental dysfunction"—see the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 , dictionary.

Note     The Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 , dictionary defines mental dysfunction as a disturbance or defect, to a substantially disabling degree, of perceptual interpretation, comprehension, reasoning, learning, judgment, memory, motivation or emotion.

"mental illness"—see the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 , dictionary.

Note     The Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 , dictionary defines mental illness as a condition that seriously impairs (either temporarily or permanently) the mental functioning of a person and is characterised by the presence in the person of any of the following symptoms:

        (a)     delusions;

        (b)     hallucinations;

        (c)     serious disorder of thought form;

        (d)     a severe disturbance of mood;

        (e)     sustained or repeated irrational behaviour indicating the presence of the symptoms referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).

"therapeutic protection history"—see section 537.

"therapeutic protection order"—see section 532.

"therapeutic protection place"—see section 535.

"therapeutic protection plan"—see section 536.

    (2)     In this chapter:

"non-treating doctor" means a doctor authorised under section 632 (Health professionals—non-treating functions).

"non-treating health professional" means a health professional authorised under section 632 (Health professionals—non-treating functions).

"non-treating nurse" means a nurse authorised under section 632 (Health professionals—non-treating functions).

"risk assessment"—see section 534.

"therapeutic protection person "means—

        (a)     for a therapeutic protection place for which the chief executive is the operating entity—an authorised person to whom the chief executive has delegated functions of a therapeutic protection person under this chapter; and

        (b)     for any other therapeutic protection place—a person that the operating entity has authorised to exercise the functions of a therapeutic protection person under this chapter for the therapeutic protection place.

"transition plan"—see section 538.