Cap. 413 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

''Board'' means the Board established by means of article 20A;

"Commission" shall mean the Commission for the Rights of

Persons with Disability as established under article 21; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with Disability appointed according to article 21, and includes any official duly authorised to act in his name for a specific aim or a category of aims under this Act; "Convention" means the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act; "Council" means the Council for the Rights of Persons with Disability as appointed and constituted according to the provisions of article 24;

"family member", in relation to an individual, includes -

(a) the parents;

(b) the spouse or the partner;

(c) a son, daughter, brother or sister aged eighteen years or over;

(d) foster carers; and

(e) a legal tutor or curator, of that individual; "mental disorder" shall have the same meaning as that provided for under the Mental Health Act; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for disability and the development of this sector, and includes any person duly authorised by the relevant Minister to act in his name for a specific act or category of acts under this Act; "Optional Protocol" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act; "Panel" means the Panel established in terms of article 33B; "person with disability" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of

Persons with Disabilities Act;

"persons with lived experience of disability" means any persons who would have experienced disability through regular interactions in their personal or professional lives with persons with disability; "substantive Convention rights" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act; "voluntary organisation" shall have the same meaning assigned to it by article 2 of the Voluntary Organisations Act, the committee of which is formed by at least fifty one per cent of persons with disability or family members of persons with disability who cannot represent themselves, so however that the executive functions are exercised by persons with disability or family members of persons with disability who cannot represent themselves. This definition also includes groups of persons with intellectual disabilities aided by persons without disability; "UNCRPD Committee" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act. P II ART

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DELETED BY ACT LVIII OF 2021.