Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00154:section:16:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00154
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 24225–27055

16  Definitions
  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
ADI (authorised deposit‑taking institution) means a body corporate that is an ADI for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959.
annuity has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993.
approved auditor means a person included in a class of persons specified in regulations made for the purposes of this definition, but does not include a person who is disqualified from being or acting as an auditor of all RSA providers under section 67.
approved deposit fund means a fund that is an approved deposit fund for the purposes of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993.
approved form means a form approved by the Regulator, in writing, for the purposes of the provision in which the expression appears.
APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.
ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
associate has the meaning given by section 18.
Australian court means:
 (a) the High Court; or
 (b) a court created by the Parliament; or
 (c) a court of a State or Territory.
authorised person means a person authorised by the Regulator under section 129A for the purposes of the provision in which the expression occurs.
books includes:
 (a) any record; or
 (b) any accounts or accounting records, however compiled, recorded or stored; or
 (c) a document.
capital guaranteed has the meaning given by section 14.
constitutional corporation means a body corporate that is:
 (a) a trading corporation formed within the limits of the Commonwealth (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution); or
 (b) a financial corporation formed within the limits of the Commonwealth (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution).
contributing employer means an employer having obligations under Part 4A (about the data and payment regulations and standards relating to RSAs).
contribution includes a deposit into an account held at an ADI or a prescribed financial institution and a payment of a premium to a life insurance company.
court means any court, when exercising jurisdiction under this Act.
Court means the Federal Court of Australia or the Supreme Court of a State or a Territory.
data and payment matter relating to RSAs has the meaning given by subsection 45B(5).
data and payment regulations and standards relating to RSAs means:
 (a) the regulations made under section 45B; and
 (b) the standards issued by the Commissioner of Taxation under that section.
data and payment standard relating to RSAs means a standard issued by the Commissioner of Taxation under section 45B.
data processing device means any article or material (for example, a disk) from which information is capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device.
dependant