Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00274:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00274
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 10734–13460

4  Definitions
  In this Act:
Aboriginal person has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
acquire includes acquire by way of issue.
Agency means the Future Fund Management Agency.
Appropriation Act means an Act appropriating money for expenditure out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
asset has the same meaning as in the Future Fund Act 2006.
balance of the Housing Australia Future Fund means the sum of:
 (a) amounts standing to the credit of the Housing Australia Future Fund Special Account; and
 (b) the value of investments of the Housing Australia Future Fund.
bank has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
business entity means:
 (a) a company; or
 (b) a partnership; or
 (c) a trust; or
 (d) a body politic.
child: without limiting who is a child of another person for the purposes of this Act, a person is the child of another person if the person is a child of the other person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.
Commonwealth employee means:
 (a) a person who is employed by the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth; or
 (b) a person who holds, or is acting in, an office under:
 (i) a law of the Commonwealth; or
 (ii) the Constitution.
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.
de facto partner of a person has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
derivative means a derivative (within the meaning of Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001) that is a financial asset.
designated annual amount has the meaning given by section 33B.
designated Minister means:
 (a) the Housing Minister; or
 (b) the Indigenous Australians Minister; or
 (c) the Social Services Minister; or
 (d) the Veterans' Affairs Minister.
Executive Agency has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999.
family member of a person means:
 (a) the person's spouse; or
 (b) the person's de facto partner; or
 (c) a child or step‑child of the person.
Federation Reform Fund means the Federation Reform Fund established by section 5 of the Federation Reform Fund Act 2008.
Finance Department means the Department administered by the Finance Minister.
Finance Minister has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
financial asset has the same meaning as in the Future Fund Act 2006.
Future Fund Board means the Future Fund Board of Guardians established by section 34 of the Future Fund Act 2006.
Future Fund Special Account means the Future Fund Special Account established by section 12 of the