Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN WOOL CORPORATION ACT 1991 No. 108 of 1991 - SECT 3

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

"Administration Act" means the Wool Tax (Administration) Act 1964;

"annual operational plan" means the plan for the time being in force under
section 35;

"annual report" means a report of the Corporation prepared under section 91;

"appointed member" means a member other than the Managing Director or the
managing director of the Wool Research and Development Corporation;

"assessment action", in relation to the equal employment opportunity program
of the Corporation, means action by the Corporation to do all of the following
things:

   (a)  to collect and record statistics and related information concerning
        employment by the Corporation, including the number and types of jobs
        undertaken by, or job classifications of:

        (i)    employees of either sex; and

        (ii)   persons in designated groups;

   (b)  to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the program;

   (c)  to assess:

        (i)    the achievement of the objectives of the program; and

        (ii)   the effectiveness of the program by comparing statistics and
               information referred to in paragraph (a) with the indicators
               set under the policy action of the program;

"carpet wool" has the same meaning as in the Administration Act;

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Corporation;

"consultation action", in relation to the equal employment opportunity program
of the Corporation, means action by the Corporation to:

   (a)  consult with its employees, particularly employees who are women or in
        designated groups; and

   (b)  consult with each trade union having members affected by the program;
        in relation to the development and implementation of the program;

"corporate plan" means the plan for the time being in force under section 30;

"Corporation" means the Australian Wool Corporation established by subsection
4 (1);

"designated group" has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922;

"discrimination" means:

   (a)  discrimination that is unlawful under the Racial Discrimination Act
        1975 or the Sex Discrimination Act 1984; or

   (b)  discrimination by which a person with a physical or mental disability
        is, because of the disability, treated less favourably than a person
        without the disability;

"employee" means a natural person appointed or engaged:

   (a)  under a contract of service, whether on a full-time, part-time,
        permanent, casual or temporary basis; or

   (b)  under a contract for services;

"employee information action", in relation to the equal employment opportunity
program of the Corporation, means action by the Corporation to inform its
employees of the content of the program and of the results of any assessment
action;

"employment matters" includes:

   (a)  recruitment procedure, and selection criteria, for appointment or
        engagement of persons as employees; and

   (b)  promotion and transfer of employees; and

   (c)  training and staff development for employees; and

   (d)  conditions of service of employees;

"equal employment opportunity program", in relation to the Corporation, means
a program of the Corporation that is designed to ensure:

   (a)  that appropriate action is taken to eliminate any discrimination by
        the Corporation against women and persons in designated groups in
        relation to employment matters; and

   (b)  that appropriate measures are taken by the Corporation to promote
        equal opportunity for women and persons in designated groups in
        relation to employment matters; being a program that includes
        provision for assessment action, consultation action,
        employee information action, and policy action, in relation to the
        program;

"Managing Director" means the person appointed as the Managing Director of the
Corporation under section 68;

"member" means a member of the Corporation;

"member of Parliament" means a member of:

   (a)  the Parliament of the Commonwealth; or

   (b)  the Parliament of a State; or

   (c)  the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory; or

   (d)  the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory;

"policy action", in relation to the equal employment opportunity program of
the Corporation, means action by the Corporation to do all of the following
things:

   (a)  confer responsibility for the development and implementation of the
        program (including a continuous review of the program) on a person
        having sufficient authority and status within the management of the
        Corporation to enable the person properly to develop and implement the
        program;

   (b)  examine policies and practices of the Corporation in relation to
        employment matters to identify:

        (i)    any policies or practices that constitute discrimination
               against women or persons in designated groups; and

        (ii)   any patterns (whether ascertained statistically or otherwise)
               of lack of equality of opportunity for women or persons in
               designated groups; and

   (c)  set:

        (i)    the objectives to be achieved by the program; and

        (ii)   the quantitative and other indicators against which the
               effectiveness of the program is to be assessed;

"Presiding Member" means the person appointed as Presiding Member of the
Australian Wool Industry Selection Committees under section 58;

"Register" means the Register of Woolclassers kept under section 11;

"registered woolclasser" means a woolclasser whose name is on the Register;

"repealed Act" means the Wool Marketing Act 1987 as in force immediately
before 1 July 1991;

"sale for export", in relation to wool, means sale (at auction or otherwise)
as a result of which the wool may be exported;

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

"shorn wool" means wool that:

   (a)  has been obtained by shearing; and

   (b)  has not been subjected to any process other than scouring or
        carbonising;

"showfloor" means a wool display area, together with any associated sample
security area;

"trade union" means:

   (a)  an organisation of employees registered under the Conciliation and
        Arbitration Act 1904; or

   (b)  a trade union within the meaning of a State Act or law of a Territory;

"Wool Council" means the organisation known as the Wool Council of Australia
that was formed on 19 July 1979;

"wool products" includes goods made wholly or partly from wool or from
materials produced by processing wool;

"Wool Research and Development Corporation" means the Wool Research and
Development Corporation established under the Primary Industries and Energy
Research and Development Act 1989;

"wool tax" means tax payable under a Wool Tax Act;

"Wool Tax Act" means the Wool Tax Act (No. 1) 1964, the Wool Tax Act (No. 2)
1964, the Wool Tax Act (No. 3) 1964, the Wool Tax Act (No. 4) 1964 or the Wool
Tax Act (No. 5) 1964.

(2) A reference in this Act to discrimination in relation to employment
matters does not include a reference to discrimination that:

   (a)  is essential for the effective performance of the duties to which the
        employment matters relate; and

   (b)  is not unlawful under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 or the Sex
        Discrimination Act 1984 .

(3) For the purposes of this Act, the sale value of any shorn wool is the
amount that, under section 10 of the Administration Act, is the sale value of
that wool for the purposes of that Act.