In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

child means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years;

conviction , in relation to an offence, includes –

(a) a finding of guilt; and

(b) the acceptance of a guilty plea –

whether or not a conviction is recorded in respect of the offence or the offence was committed in this State or elsewhere;

Deputy Regulator means the person appointed as the Deputy Independent Regulator under section 11 ;

document has the same meaning as in the Evidence Act 2001 ;

entity  – see section 5 ;

entity regulator , in relation to an entity, means a body, determined to be the entity regulator in relation to the entity under section 9 , that is one of the following:

(a) a Government Agency that is responsible for regulating the entity;

(b) a Government Agency that provides funding to the entity;

(c) any other body –

(i) that regulates or funds the entity or a worker of the entity; and

(ii) that is prescribed for the purposes of this definition;

Government Agency means an Agency within the meaning of the State Service Act 2000 ;

guardian has the same meaning as in the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 ;

head , in relation to an entity, means –

(a) if the entity is a Government Agency, the Head of Agency within the meaning of the State Service Act 2000 , or the delegate of the Head of Agency; or

(b) if the regulations prescribe a person or class of persons as the head of an entity, the prescribed person or a member of the prescribed class of persons; or

(c) in any other case –

(i) the chief executive officer of the entity (however titled or described); or

(ii) if there is no chief executive officer, the principal officer of the entity (however titled or described); or

(iii) if there is no chief executive officer or principal officer, a person, or the holder of a position, in the entity who is nominated by the entity as its head and approved by the Regulator;

independent investigator means an independent body or person that has appropriate qualifications, training, or experience, to investigate reportable allegations or reportable convictions;

law means a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;

recognised Aboriginal organisation means an organisation prescribed as a recognised Aboriginal organisation for the purposes of this Act;

recognised Torres Strait Islander organisation means an organisation prescribed as a recognised Torres Strait Islander organisation for the purposes of this Act;

Registrar means the Registrar appointed under section 11 of the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 ;

regulations means regulations made and in force under this Act;

Regulator means the person appointed as the Independent Regulator under section 11 ;

relevant entity means an entity, or a member of a class of entities –

(a) specified in Schedule 3 ; or

(b) prescribed for the purposes of this definition;

reportable allegation means information that leads a person to form a reasonable suspicion that a worker of an entity has committed reportable conduct, whether or not the alleged reportable conduct occurred within the course of the worker's duties in respect of the entity, and regardless of whether the alleged reportable conduct occurred before the commencement of this Act;

reportable conduct  – see section 7 ;

reportable conviction means a conviction for an offence that involves reportable conduct, regardless of whether the conduct or conviction occurred before the commencement of this Act;

scheme means the obligations and requirements in relation to reportable conduct set out in Part 4 ;

standards means the child and youth safe standards set out in Schedule 1 ;

universal principle  – means the requirement set out in section 15 ;

worker  – see section 8 ;

youth means a person who has attained the age of 16 years but has not attained the age of 18 years.