Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00105:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00105
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 19589–22375

4  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander corporation means:
 (a) a corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006; or
 (b) a body corporate where either of the following conditions is satisfied:
 (i) all the members of the body corporate are Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders, or both;
 (ii) a controlling interest in the body corporate is held by Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders, or both.
Aboriginal person means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia.
acquisition functions has the meaning given by subsection 191D(1).
Ailan Kastom means the body of customs, traditions, observances and beliefs of some or all of the Torres Strait Islanders living in the Torres Strait area, and includes any such customs, traditions, observances and beliefs relating to particular persons, areas, objects or relationships.
ATSIC abolition day means the day Schedules 1 and 2 to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005 commence.
Commonwealth body includes a Department of State, or authority, of the Commonwealth.
Commonwealth Electoral Roll means the Rolls kept under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
designated number:
 (b) in relation to a TSRA ward—has the meaning given by section 142TA.
election period, in relation to a TSRA election, means the period:
 (a) starting on the day when the Minister fixes a day or days for the polling in accordance with subsection 142Y(2); and
 (b) ending on the last day on which a poll is declared in relation to that TSRA election.
eligible number, in relation to the TSRA, means:
 (a) 20; or
 (b) if a notice under subsection 142R(1A) is in force—the number fixed by the notice.
estimated population, in relation to the Torres Strait area, means the number of persons living in that area set out in the most recent TSRA notice that includes such a number.
Finance Minister means the Minister who administers the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
holder, in relation to indigenous‑held land, means a person or body who holds an interest in the land, where the interest is relevant to determining the status of the land as indigenous‑held land.
housing loan means a loan for one or more of the following purposes:
 (a) the erection or purchase of dwellings or the purchase of land on which dwellings are to be erected or situated;
 (b) the extension or modification of, or the making of additions to, dwellings;
 (c) any purpose incidental to a purpose referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
 (d) the purchase of household effects;
 (e) the repayment of existing debts incurred for any of the purposes referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d).