Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) Section 4
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"applicant", in relation to an application made under section 36(1) or 37(1) means the Chief Health Officer or a person to whom the Chief Health Officer has delegated the power to make the application.
"application", for:
(a) Part 3, Division 3 – means an application made under section 36(1) or 37(1); or
(b) Part 4 – see section 42(1).
"area", for Part 4, see section 42(1).
"assessment", see section 34(6).
"assessment applicant" means a person who has made an assessment application.
"assessment application" means an application made under section 33.
"assessment report" means a report mentioned in section 34(1)(c).
"assessor" means a person appointed to be an assessor under section 31(1).
"authorised officer" means a person appointed to be an authorised officer under section 66 or a police officer.
"Chief Health Officer" means the person holding or occupying the office of Chief Health Officer under section 5 of the Public Health Act .
"community council", for Part 4, see section 42(1).
"council area", for Part 4, see section 42(1).
"Court" means the Local Court.
"health practitioner" means a person who is registered or enrolled under the Health Practitioners Act as an Aboriginal health worker, medical practitioner, registered nurse or enrolled nurse and, in Part 3, includes a person who is registered under that Act as a psychologist.
"informer", for Part 5, Division 2, see section 54.
"offence", for Part 5, Division 2, see section 54.
"person at risk", in relation to an application or order under Part 3, Division 3, means the person to whom the application or order relates.
"place of safety", for Part 2, Division 3, see section 16.
"resident", for Part 4, see section 42(1).
"responsible adult", for:
(a) Part 2, Division 3 – see section 16; or
(b) Part 3 – means a parent or guardian of a child at risk of severe harm, or reasonably believed to be at risk of severe harm, or a person who has custody of such a child.
"responsible officer", for Part 2, Division 4, see section 23.
"right or interest in land", for Part 4, see section 42(1).
"senior officer", for Part 2, Division 4, see section 23.
"severe harm", in relation to a person, means any of the following resulting from abuse of a volatile substance:
(a) physical harm;
(b) neurological harm;
(c) significant deterioration of or damage to the person's mental condition.
"treatment order", see section 41(1).
"treatment program", see section 31A(1).
"treatment warrant", see section 41B(2).