South Australian Current Acts

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (PUBLIC ACCESS) ACT 2022 - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Act—

"Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods" means the register maintained under section 9A of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth;

"Automated External Defibrillator" means a portable device able to treat cardiac arrest by applying an electric shock to restore normal heart rhythm that is—

            (a)         included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods; or

            (b)         if there is no Automated External Defibrillator included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods—approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Act;

"designated building or facility"—see section 4;

"emergency services organisation" means—

            (a)         the South Australian Country Fire Service; or

            (b)         the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service; or

            (c)         the South Australian State Emergency Service; or

            (d)         an organisation prescribed by the regulations;

"major works" means improvements, repairs or other physical changes to a building the cost of which exceeds $100 000;

"prescribed building"—see section 5;

"prescribed vehicle"—see section 8(4);

"public building or facility" means a place to which the public has access (whether or not admission is obtained by payment of money) and includes—

            (a)         a swimming pool; and

            (b)         a library; and

            (c)         a local government office; and

            (d)         a town hall; and

            (e)         a building or facility prescribed by the regulations,

but does not include a building or facility excluded from the ambit of this definition by the regulations;

"relevant authority", for an emergency services organisation, means—

            (a)         in the case of the South Australian Country Fire Service ( SACFS )—the Chief Officer of SACFS; or

            (b)         in the case of the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service ( SAMFS )—the Chief Officer of SAMFS; or

            (c)         in the case of the South Australian State Emergency Service ( SASES )—the Chief Officer of SASES; or

            (d)         in the case of an organisation prescribed by the regulations—the person prescribed by the regulations as the relevant authority for the organisation;

"relevant day" means the day on which section 4 comes into operation;

"school" has the same meaning as in the Education and Early Childhood Services (Registration and Standards) Act 2011 ;

"smartphone" means mobile telephone with an operating system capable of running software applications;

"tertiary institution" includes a university and TAFE SA;

"vehicle" includes aircraft and a boat but does not include a motorbike, horse or a vehicle excluded from the ambit of this definition by the regulations.

        (2)         A reference in this Act, other than in section 10, to an Automated External Defibrillator installed in a building or facility includes a reference to an Automated External Defibrillator installed in an external area on or around the building or facility.