Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00282:section:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00282
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4
Character Range: 7395–9893

4  Definitions
  In this Act:
Agriculture Minister means the Minister who administers the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989.
Board means the Board of the Corporation established by section 14.
Board member means a member of the Board (and includes the Chair).
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
Chair means the Chair of the Board.
constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
constitutional trade or commerce means trade or commerce:
 (a) between Australia and places outside Australia; or
 (b) among the States; or
 (c) within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between 2 Territories.
Corporation means the Regional Investment Corporation established by section 7.
Desertification Convention means the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, done at Paris on 17 June 1994.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2000 No. 18 ([2000] ATS 18) and could in 2018 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
drought resilience has the same meaning as in the Future Drought Fund Act 2019.
farm business loan means a loan made, or proposed to be made, to a farm business:
 (a) engaged solely or mainly in producing commodities for constitutional trade or commerce; or
 (b) for the purpose of encouraging or promoting constitutional trade or commerce; or
 (c) that is a constitutional corporation; or
 (d) to allow the business to satisfy the requirements of a contract with a constitutional corporation which relates to the corporation's trading activities; or
 (e) in an affected area, within the meaning of the Desertification Convention, for the purpose of implementing Australia's international obligations under that Convention; or
 (f) in a Territory.
Operating Mandate: see section 11.
paid work means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self‑employed person or otherwise).
responsible Ministers means:
 (a) the Agriculture Minister; and
 (b) the Minister who administers the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
rules means rules made under section 54.
start day means 1 July 2018 or, if a day is specified in an instrument made under paragraph 8(4)(b), that day.
vacancy, in relation to the office of a Board member, has a meaning affected by subsection 20(3).