[inserted by Act 23 of 2001 ,with effect from the 18th January, 2002.] “health officer” means a health practitioner who is registered in terms of the Medical Dental and Allied Professions Act [Chapter 27:08] and is designated as a health officer for purposes of this Act by the Minister after consulting the Minister responsible for health; [inserted by Act 23 of 2001, with effect from the 18th January, 2002.] “infant” means a person under the age of seven years; “institution” means a creche or other institution maintained and controlled by a person for the reception, maintenance and supervision of children or young persons but does not include— (a) a building for the accommodation of school children which forms part of a private school registered in terms of the Education Act [Chapter 25:04]; or (b) a certified institution; and, if the context so requires, any reference to an institution shall be deemed to include a reference to the management of that institution; “legal guardian” means a tutor testamentary, tutor dative or assumed tutor to whom letters of confirmation have been granted in terms of the law relating to the administration of estates and includes a husband of a girl who is under eighteen years of age; “local authority” means— (a) a municipal council or town council; or (b) any rural council, district council or other authority which is designated by the Minister, by notice in a statutory instrument, to be a local authority for the purposes of this Act; “maintain”, in relation to a child or young person, includes to undertake the custody or care of that child or young person; “maintenance”, in relation to a child or young person, includes the custody or care of that child or young person; “management” means a person or persons who have the management and control of a certified institution, training institute or institution; “Minister” means the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare or any other Minister to whom the President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this Act; “minor” means a person under the age of eighteen years; “parent” means the father or mother of a person born of, or legitimated by, a lawful marriage or the mother of an illegitimate person and includes a step-parent and, except in Part VII, an adopter; “period of further supervision”, in relation to a pupil, means the period during which that pupil shall, in terms of subsection (2) of section twenty-five or subsection (3) of section 352 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07], remain under the supervision of a certified institution or training institute; “period of retention” means the period during which a child, young person or person shall, in terms of subsection (1) of section twenty-five or subsection (1) of section 352 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07], remain in a certified institution or training institute or under any supervision or custody; [amended by Act 23 of 2001, with effect from the 18th January, 2002.] “place of safety” means any police station or hospital or any place suitable for the reception of a child or young person into which the occupier thereof is willing to receive a child or young person or any place established in terms of subsection (1) of section twenty-eight; “probation officer” means a means a person registered as a social worker in terms of the Social Workers Act [Chapter 27:21], and appointed as a probation officer in terms of section forty-six; [amended by Act 23 of 2001, with effect from the 18th January, 2002.] “public place” means any place to which the public has access, whether free or on