South Australian Numbered Acts

CONVERSION PRACTICES PROHIBITION ACT 2024 (NO 39 OF 2024) - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

In this Act—

"conversion practice"—see section 4

;

"harm" means physical or mental harm (whether temporary or permanent);

"health service" has the same meaning as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law ;

"mental harm" means psychological harm and includes mental illness, nervous shock, distress, anxiety or fear that is more than trivial;

"parent", of a child, includes—

            (a)         a step-parent of the child; and

            (b)         a person who stands in loco parentis to the child;

"serious harm" means—

            (a)         harm that endangers a person's life; or

            (b)         harm that is substantial;

"sexual orientation" means an individual's sexual orientation towards—

            (a)         individuals of the same sex; or

            (b)         individuals of a different sex; or

            (c)         individuals of the same sex and individuals of a different sex,

and includes having a lack of sexual attraction to any individual of any sex.