South Australian Current Regulations

ADOPTION (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 3

3—Interpretation

        (1)         In these regulations—

"Act" means the Adoption Act 1988;

"adoption agency" means a person or organisation approved by the Chief Executive under section 29 of the Act;

"child with special needs" means a child who has, or is likely to have, an intellectual, psychiatric, sensory or physical impairment or a combination of such impairments;

"overseas subregister" means the subregister of the register relating to children who are resident in a country outside Australia;

"register" means the Prospective Adoptive Parents Register kept under Part 4;

"Tribunal" means the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established under the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 .

        (2)         For the purposes of these regulations, a reference to a person being "convicted" of an offence will be taken to include a reference to—

            (a)         a finding of a court under Part 8A of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 that the objective elements of an offence are established (whether or not the person was found not guilty of the offence, or was found to be mentally unfit to stand trial, in accordance with Division 2, 3 or 3A of that Part); or

            (b)         any finding of a court of another jurisdiction that corresponds to a finding referred to in paragraph (a).