Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 No. 6 of 1983 - SECT 3 Interpretation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 No. 6 of 1983 - SECT 3

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''advisory committee'' means an advisory committee established under
sub-section 11 (8);

''Advisory Council'' means-

   (a)  the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Advisory Council established
        under sub-section 11 (1); or

   (b)  an Advisory Council established under sub-section 11 (2) in relation
        to a State, Territory or region;

''allowance'' does not include an allowance in the nature of remuneration;

''appoint'' includes re-appoint;

''Australia'' includes the external Territories;

''award'' means-

   (a)  an award or order made under, or an agreement certified under, the
        Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904; or

   (b)  a determination or order made under the Public Service Arbitration Act
        1920;

''Board'' means the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Board referred to in
section 7;

''broadcast receiver'' means an appliance capable of being used for the
reception, by means of wireless telegraphy, of broadcasting programs, and
includes a loud speaker or other receiving device that is connected to such an
appliance, but does not include an appliance also capable of being used for
the transmission, by means of wireless telegraphy, of broadcasting programs or
other matter;

''broadcasting program'' means matter intended for aural reception by the
general public;

''broadcasting station'' means a station for the transmission by means of
wireless telegraphy of broadcasting programs, and includes the studio,
transmitting station and technical equipment used for the purposes of those
programs, but does not include a broadcasting translator station;

''broadcasting translator station'' means a station of low operating power
designed for the reception by wireless telegraphy or telegraph line of the
broadcasting programs of a broadcasting station (whether transmitted by that
broadcasting station or by another broadcasting translator station) and the
immediate re-transmission of those programs to broadcast receivers by wireless
telegraphy and, where applicable, to another broadcasting translator station
by wireless telegraphy or telegraph line;

''Chairman'' means Chairman of the Board;

''cinematograph film'' has the same meaning as in the Copyright Act 1968 ;

''commencing day'' means the day fixed under sub-section 2 (2);

''Corporation'' means the Australian Broadcasting Corporation referred to in
section 5;

''Deputy Chairman'' means Deputy Chairman of the Board;

''Director'' means a member of the Board, and includes the Chairman, the
Deputy Chairman and the Managing Director;

''Disciplinary Appeal Board'' means the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Disciplinary Appeal Board referred to in section 66;

''literary material'' includes books, periodicals, newspapers, magazines,
pamphlets, circulars, manuscripts, musical scores, maps, plans, pictures,
photographs and prints;

''Managing Director'' means the Managing Director of the Corporation;

''national broadcasting station'' means a broadcasting station used by the
Corporation for the transmission of its broadcasting programs;

''national broadcasting translator station licence'' means a licence under the
Broadcasting and Television Act 1942 for a broadcasting translator station
operated (otherwise than on behalf of the Corporation) for the reception and
re-transmission of the programs of one or more national broadcasting stations;

''national television station'' means a television station used by the
Corporation for the transmission of its television programs;

''national television translator station licence'' means a licence under the
Broadcasting and Television Act 1942 for a television translator station
operated (otherwise than on behalf of the Corporation) for the reception and
re-transmission of the programs of one or more national television stations;

''non-executive Director'' means a Director other than the Managing Director;

''officer of the Corporation'' does not include the Managing Director;

''Promotions Appeal Board'' means an Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Promotions Appeal Board referred to in section 41;

''rules'' means rules under this Act;

''Service'' means the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Service;

''sound recording'' has the same meaning as in the Copyright Act 1968;

''technical equipment'' includes circuits and other means of transmission from
point to point;

''telegraph line'' means a line within the meaning of the
Telecommunications Act 1975;

''television program'' means images and associated sounds intended for
reception by the general public;

''television receiver'' means an appliance capable of being used for the
reception, by means of wireless telegraphy, of television programs, but does
not include an appliance also capable of being used for the transmission, by
means of wireless telegraphy, of television programs or other matter;

''television repeater station'' means a station for the transmission by means
of wireless telegraphy of television programs, being a station of low
operating power and designed to transmit only programs recorded on magnetic
tape;

''television station'' means a station for the transmission by means of
wireless telegraphy of television programs, and includes the studio,
transmitting station and technical equipment used for the purposes of those
programs, but does not include a television translator station or a television
repeater station;

''television translator station'' means a station of low operating power
designed for the reception by wireless telegraphy or telegraph line of the
television programs of a television station (whether transmitted by that
television station, by another television translator station or by a
television repeater station) and the immediate re-transmission of those
programs to television receivers by wireless telegraphy and, where applicable,
to another television translator station by wireless telegraphy or telegraph
line;

''Tenure Appeal Board'' means the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Tenure
Appeal Board referred to in section 57;

''wireless telegraphy'' means the emitting or receiving of electromagnetic
energy otherwise than by means of a continuous connection between the
transmitter and the receiver provided by a substance constructed or arranged
for that purpose.