Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00278:section:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00278
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 10738–13716

5  Definitions
  In this Act:
accountable authority has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
acquire includes acquire by way of issue.
advisory affairs of the Regional Investment Corporation Board means the affairs of the Regional Investment Corporation Board that relate to its function of giving advice to the Drought Minister under section 28.
Agency means the Future Fund Management Agency.
Agriculture Department means the Department administered by the Agriculture Minister.
Agriculture Future Drought Resilience Special Account means the Agriculture Future Drought Resilience Special Account established by section 33.
Agriculture Minister means the Minister administering the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989.
Appropriation Act means an Act appropriating money for expenditure out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
arrangement includes contract, agreement or deed. This definition does not apply to the expressions "securities lending arrangement" or "securities lending arrangements".
asset has the same meaning as in the Future Fund Act 2006.
balance of the Future Drought Fund means the sum of:
 (a) amounts standing to the credit of the Future Drought Fund Special Account; and
 (b) the value of investments of the Future Drought Fund.
bank has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Biodiversity Convention means the Convention on Biological Diversity, done at Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1993 No. 32 ([1993] ATS 32) and could in 2019 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Building Australia Fund means the Building Australia Fund that was established by section 12 of the Nation‑building Funds Act 2008 before that section was repealed.
Building Australia Fund Special Account means the Building Australia Fund Special Account that was established by section 13 of the Nation‑building Funds Act 2008 before that section was repealed.
business entity means:
 (a) a company; or
 (b) a partnership; or
 (c) a trust; or
 (d) a body politic.
Climate Change Convention means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at New York on 9 May 1992, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1994 No. 2 ([1994] ATS 2) and could in 2019 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Commonwealth entity has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
derivative means a derivative (within the meaning of Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001) that is a financial asset.
Desertification Convention means