New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRAVEL AGENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"compensation scheme" means the scheme prescribed under section 57.
"compensation scheme trustees" means the trustees by whom the compensation scheme is administered.
"corresponding Act" means any legislation in force in another State, or in a Territory of the Commonwealth, that provides for the licensing of a person who carries on business as a travel agent.
"director", in relation to a body corporate, includes any person occupying or acting in the position of director of the body corporate, by whatever name called and whether or not validly appointed to occupy, or duly authorised to act in, the position.
"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Department of Fair Trading.
"exempted person" means a person to whom, by reason of subsection (2) or an order under section 5, section 6 (1) does not apply.
"licence" means travel agent’s licence in force under this Act.
"officer" of a body corporate has the same meaning as it has in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
"record" includes any book, account, document, paper or other source of information compiled, recorded, stored in written form, or on microfilm, or by electronic process, or in any other manner or by any other means.
"registered" means recorded in the register kept under section 15.
"regulations" means regulations made under section 57.
"this Act" includes regulations.
"Tribunal" means the Administrative Decisions Tribunal established by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 .

(2) This Act shall not be construed as requiring:

(a) a Minister of the Crown,

(b) a Government Department, an Administrative Office or a statutory corporation representing the Crown,

(c) a prescribed public statutory authority, or

(d) an officer or employee of the Crown or of any such Minister, Department, Office, corporation or authority in the exercise of his or her functions as such an officer or employee,

to hold a licence.