Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS COMMISSION ACT 1983 No. 140 of 1983 - SECT 3

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

"acting Chairman" means a person who is acting as Chairman in pursuance
of an appointment under sub-section 29 (1);

"acting Commissioner" means a person who is acting as a Commissioner in
pursuance of an appointment under sub-section 31 (1);

"acting Deputy Chairman" means a person who is acting as Deputy
Chairman in pursuance of an appointment under sub-section 30 (1);

"appoint" includes re-appoint;

"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Commission;

"Commission" means the Australian National Railways Commission;

"Deputy Chairman" means the Deputy Chairman of the Commission;

"employee", in relation to the Commission, means any person appointed as
an officer, or engaged as an employee, of the Commission;

"financial year" means the 12 months ending on 30 June;

"General Manager" means the General Manager of the Commission;

"goods" includes movable personal property of any kind;

"long service leave" includes long leave, furlough, extended leave or any
other leave in the nature of long service leave (however described);

"securities" includes stocks, debentures, debenture stocks, notes, bonds,
promissory notes, bills of exchange and similar instruments or
documents;

"transferred South Australian employee" means a person who was, in
pursuance of section 13 of the Railways Agreement (South Australia)
Act 1975, appointed as an officer, or engaged as an employee, of the
Commission;

"transferred Tasmanian employee" means a person who was, in pursuance
of section 11 of the Railways (Tasmania) Act 1975, appointed as an
officer, or engaged as an employee, of the Commission.

(2) A reference in this Act to dealing with securities includes a reference to
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   (a)  creating, executing, entering into, drawing, making, accepting,
indorsing, issuing, discounting, selling, purchasing or reselling
securities;

   (b)  creating, selling, purchasing or reselling rights or options in
        respect of
securities; and

   (c)  entering into agreements or other arrangements relating to securities.

(3) Where under a provision of this Act the Commission is, for any purpose,
empowered to enter on, and inspect, occupy or do any other act or thing on,
over or under, land, the provision shall be read as also empowering an
employee of the Commission, a person acting for or on behalf of the Commission
under a contract and an employee of such a person to enter on, and inspect,
occupy or do that act or thing on, over or under, the land for that purpose.

(4) A reference in this Act to the carriage of passengers and goods between
prescribed places is a reference to the carriage of passengers and goods
between -

   (a)  a place in a State and a place in another State;

   (b)  a place in a State and a place in a Territory; or

   (c)  a place in a Territory and a place in the same or another Territory.