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714  Definitions

(1) In this Part:
amend includes repeal and remake.
asset means:
 (a) any legal or equitable estate or interest in real or personal property, whether actual, contingent or prospective; and
 (b) any right, power, privilege or immunity, whether actual, contingent or prospective;
but does not include a right, power, privilege or immunity conferred by an Act or by regulations or other subordinate legislation made under an Act.
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of Medicare Australia.
commencement time means the time when this Part commences.
Commissioner means a Commissioner of HIC.
HeSA means Health eSignature Authority Pty Ltd (ACN 091 282 638).
HIC means the Health Insurance Commission established under the old law.
instrument:
 (a) includes:
 (i) a contract, deed, undertaking or agreement; and
 (ii) a notice, authority, order or instruction; and
 (iii) an instrument made under an Act or regulations; but
 (b) does not include an Act or regulations.
liability means any liability, duty or obligation, whether actual, contingent or prospective, but does not include a liability, duty or obligation imposed by an Act or by regulations or other subordinate legislation made under an Act.
Managing Director means the Managing Director of HIC.
new law means the Medicare Australia Act 1973 as in force after the commencement time.
old law means the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973 as in force before the commencement time.

(2) In this Part, unless a contrary intention is expressed, a reference to a law (however described) is a reference to a law of the Commonwealth.