Western Australian Numbered Acts

OPTOMETRISTS ACT 2005 (NO. 29 OF 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 Optometrists Registration Board of Western Australia established by section 5;

        “certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration issued under section 38;

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

        “complainant” means a person who lodges a complaint under section 51(1) or (2);

        “complaint” means —

            (a)         a complaint lodged under section 51(1) or (2);

            (b)         a complaint referred under section 51(3);

            (c)         a matter the complaints assessment committee has determined under section 51(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 60(3);

        “complaints assessment committee” means the committee established under section 49;

        “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 47;

        “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 48;

        “impairment review committee” means any committee established under section 50;

        “investigator” means a person appointed under section 70;

        “legal practitioner” has the meaning given to that term in the Legal Practice Act 2003 section 3;

        “medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Act 1894 ;

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

        “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;

        “optometrist” means a person who is registered;

        “optometry” means —

            (a)         the employment of methods for the measurement of the powers of vision;

            (b)         the prescribing of optical appliances to correct, remedy or relieve defects of vision;

            (c)         the adaptation of lenses and prisms for the aid of the powers of vision; and

            (d)         fitting contact lenses;

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

        “register” means the register referred to in section 36;

        “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.