South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears—
"acquire", in relation to goods or services, has the same meaning as in the
Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth;
"arrive at", in relation to an understanding, includes reach or enter into;
"civil action" means a civil action in a court, and includes a civil
proceeding in a court;
"Commonwealth Act" means the Year 2000 Information Disclosure Act 1999 of
the Commonwealth;
"consequences" includes potential consequences;
"corresponding law" means a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a
Territory that corresponds to this Act;
"data storage device" means any article or material (for example, a disk) from
which information is capable of being reproduced, with or without the aid of
any other article or device;
"electronic communication of speech" means a communication of speech by means
of guided and/or unguided electronic energy (for example, a telephone call or
a radio broadcast);
"electronic communication of writing" means a communication of writing by
means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy (for example, a
facsimile transmission or electronic mail);
"goods" has the same meaning as in the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the
Commonwealth;
"implications" includes potential implications;
"original Year 2000 disclosure statement" has the meaning given by
section 6;
"problems" includes potential problems;
"republished Year 2000 disclosure statement" has the meaning given by
section 7;
"services" has the same meaning as in the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the
Commonwealth;
"statement" includes—
(a) a
distinct part of a statement; and
(b) a
statement made to the public or a section of the public;
"supply" has the same meaning as in the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the
Commonwealth;
"Year 2000 disclosure statement" has the meaning given by section 5;
"Year 2000 processing" means the processing (including calculating, comparing,
sequencing, displaying or storing), transmitting or receiving of date data
(whether or not the date data relates to the year 2000).
(2) Words and
expressions used in the Commonwealth Act and in this Act have the same
respective meanings in this Act as they have in the Commonwealth Act except to
the extent that the intention, context or subject matter otherwise appears,
indicates or requires.