Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00397:section:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00397
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4
Character Range: 8465–11176

4  Definitions
  In this Act:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts practice means the creation or performance, wholly or partly by artists who are Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders (or both), of arts.
Aboriginal person has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
appointed Board member means a Board member other than the CEO.
appointed Music Australia Council member means a member of the Music Australia Council other than the CEO.
arts means the creation or performance of works of interpretative expression through any medium.
Australian artist means an artist who is an Australian citizen or an Australian resident.
Australian arts practice means the creation or performance, wholly or partly by Australian artists, of arts.
Australian contemporary music practice means the creation or performance, wholly or partly by Australian artists, of contemporary music.
Australian resident means an individual who resides in Australia and is the holder (within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958) of a permanent visa (within the meaning of that Act).
Board means the Australia Council Board.
Board member means a member of the Board, and includes the Chair, the Deputy Chair and the CEO.
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of Creative Australia.
Chair means the Chair of the Board.
committee means a committee established under section 61.
constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
Creative Australia means the body corporate continued in existence by section 9 under the name Creative Australia.
Creative Workplaces Council means the Creative Workplaces Council established by section 49.
Creative Workplaces Council member means a member of the Creative Workplaces Council, and includes the Chair of the Workplaces Council.
Deputy Chair means the Deputy Chair of the Board.
finance law has the same meaning as in the PGPA Act.
Finance Minister means the Minister administering the PGPA Act.
First Nations Board means the First Nations Board established by section 35B.
First Nations Board member means a member of the First Nations Board, and includes the Co‑Chairs.
Music Australia Council means the Music Australia Council established by section 37.
old Act means the Australia Council Act 2013, as in force immediately before its repeal.
paid work means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self‑employed person or otherwise).
PGPA Act means the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
rules means rules made by the Minister under section 86.
Torres Strait Islander has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.