Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY ACT 1990 No. 78 of 1990 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"appoint" includes re-appoint;

"assets" means property of any description, other than rights referred to in
sections 32 and 35;

"Authority" means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established by this
Act;

"borrowing" includes raising money or obtaining credit, whether by dealing in
securities or otherwise, but does not include obtaining credit in a
transaction forming part of the day-to-day operations of the Authority or a
subsidiary of the Authority;

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority;

"charge" means a charge referred to in section 46;

"Deputy Chairperson" means the Deputy Chairperson of the Authority;

"member" means a member of the Authority and includes the Chairperson and
Deputy Chairperson;

"officer" means a member of the staff of the Authority;

"payable", in relation to a charge, means due and payable;

"share" means share in the share capital of a corporation, and includes stock.

(2) A reference in this Act to services provided by the Authority is a
reference to services provided as described in subsection 10 (3).

(3) The question whether a company is a subsidiary of the Authority is to be
determined in the same way as the question whether a corporation is a
subsidiary of another corporation is determined for the purposes of the
Companies Act 1981.