New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1989 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"Authority" means the New South Wales Rural Assistance Authority constituted by this Act.
"Board" means the New South Wales Rural Assistance Authority Board constituted by this Act.
"Crown Lands Acts" means:

(a) the Crown Lands Acts within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1989 , or

(b) such Acts as may be prescribed by the regulations.

"farm" means the land on which a farmer engages in a farming operation.
"farmer" means a person who is engaged in a farming operation and includes a person who owns land cultivated under a share-farming agreement and the personal representatives of a deceased farmer.
"farming operation" means:

(a) a farming (including dairy farming, poultry farming and bee farming), pastoral, horticultural or grazing operation, or

(b) any other operation prescribed for the purposes of this definition.

"officer" includes an employee.

(2) In this Act:

(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and

(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.

(3) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.