Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03722:body:0:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03722
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'operate', in relation to a name, has the meaning given by section 4;
     'OTC means the body corporate that, at the commencement of this section, exists, because of subsection 8 (1), under the name 'Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia)';
     'overseas message' means a message received from, or intended for transmission to:
         (a) a place outside Australia;
         (b) an external Territory;
         (c) a ship; or
         (d) a commercial or private aircraft (other than an aircraft trading or operating exclusively within Australia);
     'overseas telecommunication service' means a telecommunication service for the conduct of public communications between:
         (a) Australia and other countries;
         (b) Australia and external Territories;
         (c) external Territories;
         (d) Australia and ships at sea; or
         (e) Australia and commercial or private aircraft (other than aircraft trading or operating exclusively within Australia);
     'property' means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description;
     'protected body' means a group company that is a trading corporation, or a financial corporation, within the meaning of paragraph 51 (20) of the Constitution;
     'protected business name' means any of the following names:
         (a) 'OTC;
         (b) 'OTC Australia';
         (c) 'OTC International';
         (d) 'OTCI';
         (e) 'Overseas Telecommunications';
         (f) 'Overseas Telecommunications Corporation';
         (g) such other names as are prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
     'protected company name' means any of the following names:
         (a) 'OTC Limited';
         (b) 'OTC International Limited';
           (c) a name consisting only of the words 'Overseas Telecommunications' and words or abbreviations included in
         the name in order to comply with a law in force in a State or Territory;
         (d) such other names as are prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
     'protected name' means a protected business name or a protected company name;
     'protection time', in relation to a protected name, means the time immediately before:
         (a) in the case of 'OTC and 'OTC Australia'—5 February 1979;
         (b) in the case of 'OTC International', 'OTCI' and 'OTC International Limited'—10 December 1987;
         (c) in the case of a name prescribed for the purposes of the definition of 'protected business name' or 'protected company name'—the name first became so prescribed; or
         (d) in any other case—the commencement of section 16 of the OTC (Conversion into Public Company) Act 1988;
     'public communication' means any telecommunication that offices and stations, because of their availability to the public, must accept for transmission;
     'registered', in relation to a name, includes reserved;
     'share', in relation to a body corporate, means a share in the share capital of the body corporate;
     'staff member' means a person who, immediately before the transition, is:
         (a) the Managing Director of OTC;
         (b) an officer of OTC; or
         (c) a temporary or casual