Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
adult means a person who has reached 18 years of
age;
apprehended means apprehended under section 6(1);
appropriate facility , in relation to an
apprehended person, means an approved place to which the person may be taken
in accordance with a notice published under section 26(1);
approved place means a place approved under
section 26(1);
authorised officer means a community officer, a
police officer, or a security officer as defined in the
Public Transport Authority Act 2003 section 3;
child means a person who is under 18 years of age;
community officer means a person appointed under
section 27;
intoxicant means —
(a)
alcohol; or
(b) a
drug, or a volatile or other substance, capable of intoxicating a person;
intoxicated means affected by, or apparently by,
an intoxicant to such an extent that there is a significant impairment of
judgment or behaviour;
JP means Justice of the Peace;
public place includes —
(a) a
place to which the public are admitted on the payment of money or other
consideration, the test of admittance being only the payment of money or other
consideration;
(b) a
school, university or other place of education, other than a part of it to
which neither students nor the public usually have access; and
(c) a
privately owned place —
(i)
that is not occupied by, or with the authority of, the
owner; or
(ii)
to which the public has access with the express or
implied approval of the owner, occupier or person who has the control or
management of the place;
volatile substance means a substance that produces
a vapour at room temperature.
[Section 3 amended: No. 31 of 2003 s. 206(2); No.
8 of 2008 s. 17 and 23(7).]