Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167:section:5:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 3/12)
Character Range: 48269–51069

Police Force of a State or Territory.
corporation includes any body corporate.
corresponding law has the same meaning as in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
court of summary jurisdiction includes a court of a Territory sitting as a court for the making of summary orders or the summary punishment of offences under the law of the Territory.
creditor, in relation to a liability under a maintenance order, includes the Child Support Registrar referred to in the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988.
creditor's petition means a petition presented by a creditor or by 2 or more creditors jointly.
debt includes liability.
debt agreement means an agreement under section 185H resulting from the acceptance of a debt agreement proposal.
debt agreement proposal means a written proposal referred to in subsection 185C(1).
debtor's petition means a petition presented by a debtor against himself or herself and includes a petition presented against a partnership in pursuance of section 56A and a petition presented by joint debtors against themselves in pursuance of section 57.
declaration of intention means a declaration that has been presented under section 54A and accepted under section 54C.
declared debtor means a debtor who has presented under section 54A a declaration of intention.
de facto partner has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
default period means:
 (a) if a period longer than 21 days is prescribed—the prescribed period; or
 (b) otherwise—21 days.
director, in relation to a corporation, includes:
 (a) any person occupying or acting in the position of director of the corporation, by whatever name called and whether or not validly appointed to occupy, or duly authorised to act in, the position;
 (b) any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the corporation are accustomed to act; and
 (c) if the corporation has a committee of management, council or other governing body:
 (i) a member of that committee of management, council or other governing body;
 (ii) any person occupying or acting in the position of member of that committee of management, council or other governing body, by whatever name called and whether or not validly appointed to occupy, or duly authorised to act, in the position; and
 (iii) any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the members of that committee of management, council or other governing body are accustomed to act.
eligible judge means a judge of the Court declared by the Minister to be an eligible judge under subsection 129A(2).
end means:
 (a) in relation to a bankruptcy—the discharge of the bankrupt from the bankruptcy or the annulment of the bankruptcy; or
 (b) in relation to a composition or scheme of arrangement under Division 6 of Part