South Australian Current Acts

PUBLIC INTOXICATION ACT 1984 - SECT 4

4—Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"authorised officer" means a person appointed as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act;

"child" means a person under the age of 18 years;

"close personal relationship" means the relationship between 2 adult persons (whether or not related by family and irrespective of their gender) who live together as a couple on a genuine domestic basis, but does not include—

            (a)         the relationship between a legally married couple; or

            (b)         a relationship where 1 of the persons provides the other with domestic support or personal care (or both) for fee or reward, or on behalf of some other person or an organisation of whatever kind;

Note—

Two persons may live together as a couple on a genuine domestic basis whether or not a sexual relationship exists, or has ever existed, between them.

"domestic partner"—a person is the domestic partner of another if the person lives with the other in a close personal relationship;

"drug" includes alcohol or any other substance that is capable (either alone or in combination with other substances) of influencing mental functioning;

"officer in charge", in relation to a police station, means the police officer for the time being in charge of the police station;

"person in charge", in relation to a sobering-up centre, means the person for the time being in charge of the sobering-up centre;

"public place" includes—

            (a)         a place to which free access is permitted to the public, with the express or tacit consent of the owner or occupier of that place; and

            (b)         a place to which the public are admitted on payment of money, the test of admittance being the payment of money only; and

            (c)         a road, street, footway, court, alley or thoroughfare which the public are allowed to use, despite the fact that the road, street, footway, court, alley or thoroughfare is on private property;

"relative", in relation to a person, means father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, guardian, spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, stepbrother or stepsister of that person, or brother or sister of a parent of that person;

"responsible officer", in relation to a police station, means—

            (a)         the officer in charge of the police station; or

            (b)         if a police officer has, for the time being, been designated by the officer in charge of the police station as the officer with responsibility for persons accepted into custody at the police station—that officer;

"sobering-up centre" means premises declared to be a sobering-up centre for the purposes of this Act;

"spouse"—a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married.