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"applicant" means the Minister or the Minister's delegate;
"application" means an application for a treatment order made under Division 3;
"assessment" means an assessment referred to in section 34 ;
"assessor" means a health practitioner approved under section 34 to make an assessment;
"authorised officer" means an employee appointed under section 66 or a police officer;
"Court" means the Local Court;
"health practitioner" means a person who is registered or enrolled under the Health Practitioners Act as an Aboriginal health worker, medical practitioner, registered nurse, psychologist or enrolled nurse;
"person at risk", in relation to an application or treatment order, means the person in respect of whom the application or order is made;
"responsible adult", in relation to a child at risk of severe harm or believed to be at risk of severe harm, means a parent or guardian of the child or a person who has custody of the child;
"severe harm", in relation to a person, means any of the following resulting from abuse of a volatile substance:
(a) physical harm;
(b) neurological harm;
(c) significant deterioration of or damage to the person's mental condition;
"treatment order" means an order under section 40 that a person must participate in a treatment program;
"treatment program" means a program for the treatment of a person at risk of severe harm, including a program for withdrawal, stabilisation, rehabilitation or aftercare.