New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS) REGULATION 2005 - REG 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Regulation:
"approved form", when used in connection with any instrument given to or issued by an authority, means a form approved by the authority.
"authorised officer", in relation to any matter, means:

(a) an employee of an authority who is authorised in writing by the authority in relation to that matter, or

(b) an employee of a registry who is so authorised, or

(c) an officer of the Public Service who is authorised in writing by the Treasurer in relation to the matter.

"business day" means:

(a) in relation to a registry-a day on which the registry is open for business, or

(b) in any other case-a day on which banks are open for business.

"death certificate" means a certificate certifying the registration of the relevant death and issued under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 , or (if the death occurred elsewhere than in New South Wales) under a similar law of the jurisdiction in which death occurred.
"duly certified copy", in relation to a document, means a copy of the document that is certified by a legal practitioner or a justice of the peace as being a true copy.
"inscribed stock register" means a register established by an authority for purposes relating to the inscription of stock.
"joint owner" of inscribed stock means a person, alive or deceased, whose name is registered in an authority’s inscribed stock register as being one of a number of joint owners (however described) of the authority’s inscribed stock.
"owner" of inscribed stock means the person named as the owner of the stock in the inscribed stock register of the authority that issued the stock.
"registrar" for an authority means a person (including a corporation) appointed by the authority to be the registrar of stock, assistant registrar of stock, deputy registrar of stock or assistant deputy registrar of stock at the registry of the authority.
"registry" of an authority means a registry established for the inscription of stock and issue of debentures of the authority.
"the Act" means the Public Authorities (Financial Arrangements) Act 1987 .

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