2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Advisory Committee” means the National Youth Work Advisory Committee appointed under section 17;

“approved national voluntary youth work organisation” means a voluntary youth work organisation approved to provide a youth work programme or a youth work service in 2 or more F1[education and training board areas];

“Assessor of Youth Work” means the person appointed as Assessor of Youth Work under section 16(1), and includes an officer of the Minister appointed under section 16(2) to act in the place of the Assessor of Youth Work, while he or she is so acting;

“authorised organisation” means an organisation approved under section 25;

“designated local voluntary youth work organisation” means a voluntary youth work organisation designated as such under section 29;

“Development Plan” means a Youth Work Development Plan approved by the Minister under section 13;

F2[ “education and training board area” has the same meaning as it has in the Education and Training Boards Act 2013;]

F2[“Education and Training Boards Ireland” has the same meaning as it has in the Education and Training Boards Act 2013;]

“financial year” means a period of 12 months prescribed as a financial year for the purposes of this Act;

“functions” includes powers and duties;

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“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Science;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under section 4;

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“Voluntary Youth Council” means a body established by section 21;

“voluntary youth work organisation” means an organisation providing a youth work programme or a youth work service, or both, otherwise than for profit;

“young person” means a person who has not attained the age of 25 years;

“Youth Work Budget” means a report on the estimate of the income and expenditure of F1[an education and training board] for the purposes of this Act prepared under section 32;

“youth work committee” means a youth work committee appointed under section 19;

“youth work programme” means a structured programme of youth work;

“youth work service” means a service which, directly or indirectly, assists in the provision of youth work.

(2) In this Act a reference to—

(a) a section or a Schedule is a reference to a section of, or a Schedule to, this Act, unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended, and

(b) a subsection or a paragraph is a reference to the subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.