New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TEACHER HOUSING AUTHORITY ACT 1975 - SECT 4

4 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"appointed day" means the day appointed by the Governor under section 2 (2).
"Authority" means the Teacher Housing Authority of New South Wales constituted under section 5 (1).
"council" means council within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 .
"house" means building used for teacher housing or intended to be so used.
"member" means member of the Authority.
"Minister for Education" means the Minister of the Crown for the time being administering the Education Act 1990 .
"Minister for Housing" means the Minister of the Crown for the time being administering the Housing Act 2001 .
"region" means a part of the State outside the County of Cumberland that is:

(a) a region established under the Regional Organisation Act 1972 , and

(b) a part of the State that:

(i) is not within a region referred to in paragraph (a), and

(ii) is declared by the Minister, by order published in the Gazette, to be a region for the purposes of this Act.

"regulation" means regulation made under this Act.
"school" includes a TAFE establishment within the meaning of the Technical and Further Education Commission Act 1990 .
"school site" means land on which a public school is erected.
"teacher" means:

(a) a member of the Teaching Service, and

(b) a person employed in the Department of Youth and Community Services as a deputy superintendent (educational), educational officer or trained pre-school teacher.

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