Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ACT 2005 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used in this Act

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        application means an application for registration;

        approved means approved by the Board in writing;

        Board means the Occupational Therapists Registration Board of Western Australia established by section 5;

        certificate of registration means a certificate of registration issued under section 39;

        committee means a committee established by the Board under this Act;

        complainant means a person who lodges a complaint under section 52(1) or (2);

        complaint means —

            (a)         a complaint lodged under section 52(1) or (2);

            (b)         a complaint referred under section 52(3);

            (c)         a matter the complaints assessment committee has determined under section 52(4) to deal with as if it were a complaint; and

            (d)         a matter the Board has referred to the impairment review committee under section 61(3);

        complaints assessment committee means the committee established under section 50;

        condition includes restriction;

        Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;

        Director means the Director of the Office of Health Review under the Health Services (Conciliation and Review) Act 1995 ;

        disciplinary matter means a matter referred to in section 48;

        document includes any tape, disc or other device or medium on which information is recorded or stored;

        impairment means —

            (a)         mental disability;

            (b)         injury;

            (c)         physical illness;

        impairment matter means a matter referred to in section 49;

        impairment review committee means any committee established under section 51;

        investigator means a person appointed under section 71;

        medical practitioner means a person who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical profession;

        member of the Board includes a person acting under Schedule 1 clause 3;

        occupational therapist means a person who is registered;

        officer , in relation to a body corporate, has the meaning given to “officer of a corporation” in the Corporations Act section 9 but does not include an employee of the body corporate unless the employee is concerned in the management of the body corporate;

        presiding member means the presiding member of the Board referred to in section 7;

        register means the register referred to in section 37;

        registered means registered by the Board under this Act;

        registrar means the person engaged or employed to be registrar under section 17;

        registration includes renewal of registration;

        respondent means a person the subject of a complaint.

        [Section 3 amended by No. 21 of 2008 s. 685(2); No. 22 of 2008 s. 162; No. 35 of 2010 s. 122.]