Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Lord Mayor's Charitable Fund Act 1996 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions

In this Act-

Board means the Board of Management of the Lord Mayor's Charitable Fund
established under Part 3;

charitable organisation means a hospital or benevolent or charitable
organisation;

chief executive officer means the person for the time being holding the office
of chief executive officer under section 26;

committee (except where used as part of the expression executive committee)
means a committee of the Board established under section 21;

executive committee means the committee established under section 18;

former fund means the fund administered by the Lord Mayor's Fund for
Metropolitan Hospitals and Charities under the Lord Mayor's Fund Act 1930;

Fund means the Lord Mayor's Charitable Fund under Part 2;

eligible charitable organisation means a charitable organisation that is
established or carried on within the metropolitan area;

Lord Mayor means the person for the time being holding the office of Mayor of
the City of Melbourne, or performing the duties of the Mayor in the absence of
the Mayor, or if that office ceases to exist, then the person holding (or
performing the duties of) the office which under an Act may be taken expressly
or by implication to have replaced that of Mayor of the City of Melbourne;

member means a member of the Board under section 11;

metropolitan area means the metropolitan municipal districts within the
meaning of the Public Holidays Act 1993;

organisation includes a body corporate or unincorporate, a fund, a trust or a
committee;

prescribed organisation means an organisation-

   (a)  that is listed in the Schedule and in respect of which a declaration
        under section 4(a) has not been made; or

   (b)  in respect of which a declaration made under section 4(b) is in force;

President means the President of the Board;

rules means rules in force under section 29;

special resolution means a resolution of the Board passed by a majority of at
least three-quarters of those members present and voting; and

Vice-President means the Vice-President of the Board.