(j)
“foster parent” means a person not being the biological mother,
father or relative of the child who assumes parental responsibility
of the child by way of a care order;
(k) “guardian” means a person having parental responsibility for a
child;
(l) “local authority” means a local government council;
(m) “Minister” means the Minister responsible for children’s welfare;
(n) “parent” means the biological mother or father or adoptive
mother or father of a child;
(o) “parental responsibility” means all rights, duties, powers,
responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has
in relation to the child;
(p) “person in a position of authority” has the meaning assigned to
it by section 71;
(q) “place of safety” means a place where food, protection and
accommodation is provided by a fit person to a child to whom
section 37 applies;
(r) “remand home” means a place declared by the Minister to be a
remand home under section 91 or any other place declared to be
a remand home under any other enactment;
(s) “Rules Committee” means the Rules Committee provided for by
section 40 of the Judicature Act;
(t) “significant harm” means significant harm within the meaning of
section 21;
(u) “supervision order” means a supervision order made under Part
V of this Act and includes an interim supervision order;
(v) “supervisor” means the person under whose supervision a child
has been placed under a supervision order or an interim
supervision order;
(w) “welfare report” means a welfare report within the meaning of
section 20.
PART II—RIGHTS OF THE CHILD.
2.
Definition of child.
A child is a person below the age of eighteen years.
3.
Guiding principles.
The welfare principles and the children’s rights set out in the First Schedule