Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00681:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00681
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 3296–6145

4  Definitions
Note: The asterisked terms are defined in the definitions section in the Act.
 (1) In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears:
Aboriginal person has the meaning given by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
Act means the Australian Hearing Services Act 1991.
ASGS means the geographical framework known as the Australian Statistical Geography Standard, July 2016 edition, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Authority* means the authority, known as Australian Hearing Services, established by section 7 of the Act.
CDEP Program means the Community Development Employment Projects Program administered by the Department of Social Services.
CDP means the Community Development Program jointly administered by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business.
Comcare means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission.
eligible for specialist hearing services: a person is eligible for specialist hearing services if, and only if, he or she is an eligible person who has:
 (a) a hearing loss where the average hearing threshold level for 0.5, 1 and 2 kilohertz (kHz) in the person's better ear is greater than, or equal to, 80 decibels; or
 (b) hearing loss and communication difficulty that:
 (i) prevents the person from communicating effectively in his or her daily environment; or
 (ii) is caused or aggravated by significant physical, intellectual, mental, emotional or social disability.
eligible person means a person who, under the Hearing Services Administration Act 1997, is an eligible person.
Modified Monash Model area 6 means all areas in Remoteness Area 4, as determined by the Department using ASGS data, that are not on a populated island that is separated from the mainland and is more than 5 kilometres offshore.
Modified Monash Model area 7 means all areas in Remoteness Area 5, as determined by the Department using ASGS data, that are on a populated island that is separated from the mainland and is more than 5 kilometres offshore.
parent in relation to a young Australian or young adult or young Disability Services Act 1993 (WA) participant, includes a step‑parent, adoptive parent, foster parent or legal guardian of the young Australian or young adult or young Disability Services Act 1993 (WA) participant.
referred Comcare client has the meaning given by subsection 8(10) of the Act.
referred Commonwealth employee has the meaning given by subsection 8(10) of the Act.
RJCP means the Remote Jobs and Communities Program that was in existence prior to 1 July 2015, and was replaced by the CDP.
Torres Strait Islander has the meaning given by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
young adult means:
 (a) an Australian citizen who has turned 21 and who is under 26 years of