Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN TRADE COMMISSION (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1985 No. 187 of 1985 - SECT 4

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

"assets" means property of every kind and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, includes -

   (a)  choses in action; and

   (b)  rights, interests and claims of every kind in or to property, whether
        arising under or by virtue of an instrument or otherwise, and whether
        liquidated or unliquidated, certain or contingent, accrued or
        accruing;

"Assistant Trade Commissioner" means an Assistant Trade Commissioner
appointed pursuant to section 3 of the Trade Commissioners Act;

"Australian Public Service employee" means a person employed under
Division 10 of Part III of the Public Service Act 1922;

"authorised officer" means -

   (a)  the Minister;

   (b)  the Managing Director, the Deputy Managing Director, an acting
        Managing Director or an acting Deputy Managing Director; or

   (c)  a person employed by the Commission;

"employee of the Insurance Corporation" means a person employed
under section 63 of the Insurance Corporation Act;

"employee of the Projects Corporation" means a person engaged under
section 31 of the Projects Corporation Act;

"Grants Board" means the Export Development Grants Board established
under the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974;

"instrument" includes a contract, guarantee or agreement (whether
express or implied and whether made or given orally or in writing),
bond, authority, order, power of attorney, mortgage, transfer,
conveyance or other assurance, charge, lien, bill of lading, bill of
exchange, letter of credit or security;

"Insurance Corporation Act" means the Export Finance and Insurance 
Corporation Act 1974 ;

"liabilities" means liabilities of every kind and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, includes obligations of every kind, whether
arising under or by virtue of an instrument or otherwise, and
whether liquidated or unliquidated, certain or contingent, accrued
or accruing;

"officer of the Australian Public Service" means a person appointed or
transferred to the Australian Public Service but does not include an
Australian Public Service employee;

"officer of the Insurance Corporation" means a person appointed under
section 61 of the Insurance Corporation Act;

"Projects Corporation Act" means the Australian Overseas Projects 
Corporation Act 1978 ;

"relevant instrument" means an instrument -

   (a)  to which the Insurance Corporation or the Projects Corporation is a
        party;

   (b)  which relates to a function assumed by the Commission and to which the
        Commonwealth is a party;

   (c)  which was given to or in favour of the Insurance Corporation or the
        Projects Corporation;

   (d)  which relates to a function assumed by the Commission and which was
        given to or in favour of the Commonwealth;

   (e)  in which a reference is made to the Insurance Corporation or to the
        Projects Corporation; or

   (f)  under which money is or may become payable, or any other property is
        to be, or may become liable to be, transferred, conveyed or assigned,
        to or by the Insurance Corporation or the Projects Corporation,
being an instrument subsisting immediately before the commencing day;

"Trade Commissioner" means a Trade Commissioner appointed pursuant
to section 3 of the Trade Commissioners Act;

"Trade Commissioner Office employee" means a person who, immediately
before the commencing day, held an appointment under section 10
of the Trade Commissioners Act;

"Trade Commissioners Act" means the Trade Commissioners Act 1933.