Western Australian Numbered Acts

PODIATRISTS ACT 2005 (NO. 30 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 Podiatrists 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;

        “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;

        “podiatrist” means a person who is registered;

        “podiatry” means —

            (a)         the employment of medical, surgical, electrical, mechanical or manual methods for the diagnosis and treatment of ailments or abnormal conditions of the human foot and ankle, including the analysis of gait and other factors influencing disorders of the foot and ankle or other related foot structures; and

            (b)         appropriate preventative education and treatment in relation to ailments or abnormal conditions of the human foot or ankle;

        “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;

        “specialist” means a person who is registered under section 30;

        “specialty” means a branch of podiatry prescribed under section 30(1) as a specialty.