(1)  In these regulations –

Act means the Health Service Establishments Act 2006 ;

ANZCA means the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists;

approved means approved by the Secretary, either generally or in any particular case or class of cases;

Building Code means the Building Code of Australia, including the Tasmanian appendix, as in force from time to time;

child means a person who has not attained the age of 14 years;

dentist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) Act 2010 in the dental profession as a dentist;

patient's representative means –

(a) if the patient has not attained the age of 16 years, a parent or guardian having legal custody of the patient; or

(b) if the patient is under guardianship, the patient’s guardian; or

(c) if the patient has died, the executor or administrator of the patient’s estate –

and includes any other person who, according to approved guidelines, is the patient’s representative;

Poisons List has the same meaning as in the Poisons Act 1971 ;

primary care means the provision of non-urgent medical care, such as that generally provided by general practitioners;

scheduled substance means a substance that is specified in a Schedule to the Poisons List and includes any other substance that is defined by reference to any substance so specified.

(2)  In these regulations –

(a) a reference to a particular class of private hospital or day-procedure centre is a reference to a private hospital or day-procedure centre that is licensed as a private hospital or day-procedure centre of that class under the Act; and

(b) a reference to a standard by reference to a numeral prefixed with "AS" is a reference to a standard so numbered as published by the Standards Authority of Australia; and

(c) a reference to a standard by reference to a number prefixed with "ISO", "BS EN ISO" or "DIN EN ISO" is a reference to a standard so numbered as published by the International Organisation for Standardisation of Geneva; and

(d) a reference to a standard, code or other publication includes a reference to that standard, code or publication as amended from time to time; and

(e) a reference to ANZCA includes, if ANZCA ceases to exist, a reference to an approved successor or an approved body that carries out equivalent or similar functions to ANZCA; and

(f) a reference to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare includes, if the Commission ceases to exist, a reference to an approved successor or an approved body that carries out equivalent or similar functions to the Commission; and

(g) a reference to a document published by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare includes, if the Commission ceases to exist, a reference to an approved document issued by an approved successor or other approved body with equivalent or similar functions.