ABORIGINAL HOUSING ACT 1998 - SECT 4 Definitions

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ABORIGINAL HOUSING ACT 1998 - SECT 4

Definitions

4 Definitions

In this Act:
"Aboriginal Housing Office" (or "AHO") means the Aboriginal Housing Office constituted by this Act.
"Aboriginal person" means a person who:

(a) is a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia, and

(b) identifies as an Aboriginal person, and

(c) is accepted by the Aboriginal community as an Aboriginal person,

and the expression "Aboriginal people" has a corresponding meaning.
"Aboriginal Regional Housing Committee" means an Aboriginal Regional Housing Committee established under this Act.
"AHO housing agreement" means an agreement between the Aboriginal Housing Office and a registered Aboriginal housing organisation in accordance with this Act.
"ATSIC" means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission established under the Commonwealth Act.
"Board" means the Board of the Aboriginal Housing Office established by this Act.
"Commonwealth Act" means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 of the Commonwealth.
"Commonwealth-State agreement" includes any agreement to which the Commonwealth and the State are parties, whether or not other persons or bodies are also parties to the agreement.
"Director-General" means the person exercising functions under the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 as the Division Head of the relevant Government Service Division.
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
"function" includes a power, authority or duty.
"government agency" means:

(a) a department of the Public Service, or

(b) a statutory body representing the Crown, or

(c) a State owned corporation, or

(d) any other public or local authority constituted by or under an Act.

"housing" includes any form of residential accommodation.
"land" includes:

(a) a legal or equitable estate or interest in land, or

(b) an easement, right, charge, power or privilege over, or in connection with, land.

"Land and Housing Corporation" means the New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation constituted by the Housing Act 2001 .
"New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council" means the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council established under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 .
"registered Aboriginal housing organisation" means an eligible organisation (as defined in section 25) that is registered for the time being under Part 5.
"relevant Government Service Division" means the Division of the Government Service comprising the group of staff who are employed under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 to enable the AHO to exercise its functions.
"Torres Strait Islander" means a person who:

(a) is a descendant of an indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait area within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act, and

(b) identifies as a Torres Strait Islander, and

(c) is accepted by the Torres Strait Islander community as a Torres Strait Islander.

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