Western Australian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 99

99 .         Terms used

                In this Division —

        child means a person who is under 16 years of age;

        incapable person means a person who is not a child and —

            (a)         who for any reason is unable to give consent to being tested for a notifiable infectious disease; or

            (b)         who is unconscious or otherwise unable —

                  (i)         to understand a request made to give consent to being tested for a notifiable infectious disease; or

                  (ii)         to communicate whether or not he or she consents to being tested for a notifiable infectious disease;

        protected person means —

            (a)         a child; or

            (b)         an incapable person;

        relative , in relation to an incapable person, means a person who is —

            (a)         related, by blood or marriage, to the incapable person; or

            (b)         the incapable person’s de facto partner;

        relevant counselling , in relation to a notifiable infectious disease, means counselling —

            (a)         that is given by a person whom the Chief Health Officer reasonably believes is suitably qualified and experienced; and

            (b)         that provides information about —

                  (i)         the risk of the transmission of the disease in the particular circumstances; and

                  (ii)         the medical and social consequences of the transmission of the disease; and

                  (iii)         how and where testing for the disease could be carried out;

        responsible person —

            (a)         in relation to a child, means any of the following persons —

                  (i)         a parent of the child;

                  (ii)         a guardian of the child;

                  (iii)         another person who has responsibility for the day-to-day care of the child;

                  (iv)         if no person mentioned in another subparagraph of this paragraph is available, a person, or a person in a class of persons, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph;

            (b)         in relation to an incapable person, means any of the following persons —

                  (i)         a relative of the incapable person;

                  (ii)         if the incapable person is under 18 years of age, a guardian of the incapable person or another person who has responsibility for the day-to-day care of the incapable person;

                  (iii)         a person who is a guardian of the incapable person under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 ;

                  (iv)         a person who is an enduring guardian of the incapable person under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 and is authorised to perform functions in relation to the incapable person in the circumstances in which this Division applies;

                  (v)         a person recognised as the incapable person’s representative under the Disability Services Act 1993 section 32(2);

                  (vi)         a person who is a carer (as defined in the Carers Recognition Act 2004 section 4) in relation to the incapable person;

                  (vii)         if no person mentioned in another subparagraph of this paragraph is available, a person, or a person in a class of persons, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph.