ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 4 Interpretation
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 4
Interpretation4. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: "Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander corporation" means: (a) a body corporate: (i) in respect of which a declaration has been made under subsection 89 (2) or section 205; or (ii) that was, immediately before the commencement of Part 6, an Aboriginal corporation within the meaning of the Aboriginal Development Commission Act 1980 ; other than a body corporate in relation to which, since the making of the declaration or the commencement of that Part, a declaration has been made under subsection 89 (3); (b) an Aboriginal Council established by Part III of the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 ; or (c) an Aboriginal association incorporated under Part IV of the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976; but does not include a Regional Council; "Aboriginal person" means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia; "Advisory Board" means the Torres Strait Islander Advisory Board established by section 82; "approved bank" means: (a) a trading bank as defined in subsection 5 (1) of the Banking Act 1959 ; or (b) a bank in respect of which an approval is in force under section 193 ; "approved Regional Council estimates" means Regional Council estimates approved by the Minister for the purpose of section 61; "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission referred to in section 46; "Commission" means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission established by section 6; "Commission Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Commission appointed under section 27; "Commissioner" means a member of the Commission; "Commonwealth body" includes a Department of State, or authority, of the Commonwealth; "Commonwealth Electoral Roll" means the Rolls kept under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ; "Corporation" means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commercial Development Corporation established by section 145; "Corporation Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation referred to in section 155; "Corporation Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Corporation Board referred to in section 155; "Director" means a member of the Corporation Board; "elected Commissioner" means a member of the Commission referred to in subsection 27 (3); "election period", in relation to a round of Regional Council elections, means the period: (a) starting on the day when the Minister fixes a day or days for the polling in accordance with subsection 104 (2); and (b) ending on the last day on which a poll is declared in relation to an election in that round of Regional Council elections; "electorate notice" means: (a) a notice under subsection 91 (1); or (b) a notice under subsection 106 (3); "electorate number", in relation to a region, means the number of potential voters set out, in relation to the region, in the most recent electorate notice that includes such a number in relation to the region; "estimated population", in relation to a region, means the number of persons living in the region set out, in relation to the region, in the most recent electorate notice that includes such a number in relation to the region; "Executive Committee", in relation to a Regional Council, means the Executive Committee of the Regional Council referred to in subsection 127 (2); "General Manager" means the General Manager of the Corporation referred to in section 168; "Housing Fund" means the Housing Fund established by section 67; "Land Fund" means the Regional Land Fund established by section 68; "Ministerial Finance Direction" means a direction given to the Commission by the Minister under section 74; "non-elected Commissioner" means the Commission Chairperson or a Commissioner chosen by the Minister under subsection 27 (2); "Office" means the Office of Torres Strait Islander Affairs established by section 80; "prescribed number" means: (a) in relation to the Torres Strait Regional Council-20; and (b) in relation to any other Regional Council-the number determined by reference to the estimated population of the region concerned in accordance with the following table: Estimated population Prescribed of region number less than 1,000 10 1,000-1,999 11 2,000-2,999 12 3,000-3,999 13 4,000-4,999 14 5,000-5,999 15 6,000-6,999 16 7,000-7,999 17 8,000-8,999 18 9,000-9,999 19 10,000 or more 20 "region" means a region referred to in subsection 91 (1); "Regional Council" means a Regional Council established by section 92; "Regional Council election" means an election for members of a Regional Council conducted under Division 4 of Part 3; "Regional Council election rules" means rules made by the Minister under section 113; "Regional Council election year" means a calendar year in which section 104 requires Regional Council elections to be held; "Regional Council estimates", in relation to a Regional Council, means the detailed estimates of expenditure for the region concerned that are required by subsection 62 (2) to be shown in estimates prepared under section 61; "regional statement" means a statement prepared by the Commission under subsection 63 (1); "spouse", in relation to a person, includes a person who, although not legally married to the first-mentioned person, is living with that person as that person's spouse on a permanent and bona fide domestic basis; "State body" includes a Department of State, or authority, of a State; "Territory body" includes a Department of State, or authority, of a Territory; "Torres Strait Islander" means a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands; "Torres Strait region" means the region that includes Thursday Island; "zone" means a zone referred to in subsection 130 (1); "zone election" means an election of a person to be appointed as a Commissioner to represent a zone; "zone election rules" means rules made by the Minister under section 138. (2) The question whether a company is a subsidiary of the Commission or of the Corporation shall be determined in the same manner as the question whether a corporation is a subsidiary of another corporation is determined for the purposes of the Companies Act 1981.