AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ACT 1980 - SECT 3 Interpretation

Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"active service" means active service in war or in warlike operations by members of the Defence Force.

"appoint" includes re-appoint.

"appointed member" means a member of the Council appointed by the Governor-General.

"Australian military history" means the history of:

(a): wars and warlike operations in which Australians have been on active service, including the events leading up to, and the aftermath of, such wars and warlike operations; and
(b): the Defence Force.

"Chair" means the Chair of the Council.

"Council" means the Council of the Australian War Memorial.

"Defence Force" includes any naval or military force of the Crown raised in Australia before the establishment of the Commonwealth.

"Director" means the Director of the Australian War Memorial.

"Fund" means the Australian War Memorial Fund referred to in section 32.

"historical material" means material (whether in writing or in any other form) relating to Australian military history.

"member" means a member of the Council.

"Memorial" means the corporation established by subsection 4(1) under the name of the Australian War Memorial.

"memorial collection" means all historical material that is owned by the Memorial from time to time.