South Australian Numbered Acts

OFFICE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ACT 2024 (NO 61 OF 2024) - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

In this Act—

"Aboriginal child" or "Aboriginal person" means a child or person (as the case requires) who—

            (a)         is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent; and

            (b)         regards themselves as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (or, in the case of a young child, is regarded as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander by a member of their family or community); and

            (c)         is accepted as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander by a relevant Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community,

(and a reference to Aboriginal, or an Aboriginal family or organisation, is to be construed accordingly);

"Chief Executive" means the Chief Executive of the Office for Early Childhood Development, and includes a person acting in that position;

"Department" has the same meaning as in the Education and Children's Services Act 2019

;

"early childhood development system"—see section 4

;

"Office for Early Childhood Development" or "Office" means the Office for Early Childhood Development referred to in section 5

;

"State authority" means—

            (a)         a person who holds an office established by an Act; or

            (b)         a public sector agency (within the meaning of the Public Sector Act 2009

); or

            (c)         a local council; or

            (d)         any incorporated or unincorporated body—

                  (i)         established for a public purpose by an Act; or

                  (ii)         established for a public purpose under an Act (other than an Act providing for the incorporation of companies or associations, co-operatives, societies or other voluntary organisations); or

                  (iii)         established, or subject to control or direction, by the Governor, a Minister of the Crown or any instrumentality or agency of the Crown or a local council (whether or not established by or under an Act or an enactment); or

            (e)         any other entity, or entity of a class, prescribed by the regulations,

but does not include—

            (f)         the Guardian for Children and Young People; or

            (g)         the Commissioner for Children and Young People; or

            (h)         the Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People; or

                  (i)         any other entity prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.