Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Act 2023
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Definitions | ||
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2. In this Act— | ||
“Act of 2013” means the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 ; | ||
“Agency” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5 (1); | ||
“annual business plan” has the meaning assigned to it by section 32 (1); | ||
“annual report” means an annual report as laid under section 33 (5); | ||
“Board” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7 (1); | ||
“chairperson” means the chairperson of the Board; | ||
“chief executive” has the meaning assigned to it by section 16 (1); | ||
“child” has the same meaning as it has in the Children Act 2001 ; | ||
“committee of the Board” has the meaning assigned to it by section 15 (1); | ||
“confidential information” includes— | ||
(a) information that is expressed by the Agency to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description, or | ||
(b) proposals of a commercial nature or tenders submitted to the Agency by any person; | ||
“education and training board” has the same meaning as it has in the Education and Training Boards Act 2013 ; | ||
“enactment” has the same meaning as it has in the Interpretation Act 2005 ; | ||
“establishment day” means the day appointed under section 4 ; | ||
“Irish Prison Service” means the prison service of the Department of Justice, which is charged with the management of prisons; | ||
“local authority” has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act 2001 ; | ||
“Minister” means the Minister for Justice; | ||
“policy directives” has the meaning assigned to it by section 38 (5); | ||
“prison” means a place of custody (other than a Garda Síochána station) administered by or on behalf of the Minister and includes a place— | ||
(a) provided under section 2 of the Prisons Act 1970 , and | ||
(b) specified under section 3 of the Prisons Act 1972 ; | ||
“Probation Service” means those officers of the Minister assigned to perform functions in the part of the Department of State for which the Minister is responsible, commonly known by that name; | ||
“public service body” means— | ||
(a) a Department of State, | ||
(b) the Child and Family Agency, | ||
(c) the Health Service Executive, | ||
(d) An Garda Síochána, | ||
(e) the Courts Service, | ||
(f) the Irish Prison Service, | ||
(g) the Probation Service, | ||
(h) An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, | ||
(i) the Legal Aid Board, | ||
(j) the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, | ||
(k) An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (Solas), | ||
(l) a local authority, | ||
(m) an education and training board, | ||
(n) a designated institution of higher education within the meaning of the Higher Education Authority Act 2022 , | ||
(o) the Central Statistics Office, and | ||
(p) a body designated under section 42 as a public service body; | ||
“service provider” has the meaning assigned to it by section 40 (1); | ||
“victim” means a person who has suffered harm, including physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss, which was directly caused by an act of domestic, sexual or gender-based violence against that person or, where that person is a child, against a parent or guardian of that person. |