New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY WELFARE ACT 1987 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"approved non-Government organisation" means a corporation, society, association or other body of persons, not being the Crown, approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Act.
"child" means a person who is under the age of 18 years.
"committee" means an advisory committee referred to in section 17.
"Community Disaster Relief Fund" means the fund referred to in section 39.
"Community Welfare Fund" means the fund referred to in section 12.
"community welfare legislation" means:

(a) this Act and any other Act administered by the Minister within the Department, and

(b) any instrument under this Act or any other such Act,

"council" means the Disability Council.
"Department" means the Department of Youth and Community Services.
"Director-General" means the person for the time being holding office or acting as the Director-General of the Department.
"Disability Council" means the council referred to in section 16.
"disabled person" means an intellectually disabled person or a physically disabled person.
"facility", in relation to any provision of the community welfare legislation, means any premises the subject of an order in force under section 3A (1) in respect of that provision.
"intellectual impairment", in relation to a person, means any defect or disturbance in the normal structure and functioning of the person’s brain, whether arising from a condition subsisting at birth or from illness or injury.
"intellectually disabled person" includes a person who, as a result of disabilities arising from intellectual impairment, is substantially limited in one or more major life activities.
"officer" means an officer or temporary employee, within the meaning of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 , employed in the Department.
"physical impairment", in relation to a person, means any defect or disturbance in the normal structure and functioning of the person’s body, whether arising from a condition subsisting at birth or from illness or injury, but does not include intellectual impairment.
"physically disabled person" includes a person who, as a result of having a physical impairment to his or her body, and having regard to any community attitudes relating to persons having the same physical impairment as that person and to the physical environment, is limited in his or her opportunities to enjoy a full and active life.
"regulation" means a regulation made under this Act.

(2) In this Act:

(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and

(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.