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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

"board" in relation to a statutory corporation, means the board of management of the statutory corporation;

"Department" means the administrative unit designated from time to time by the Minister by notice in the Gazette as being the Department primarily responsible for assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;

"domestic partner" means a person who is a domestic partner within the meaning of the Family Relationships Act 1975 , whether declared as such under that Act or not;

"liability" includes contingent liability;

"Minister" means the Minister to whom the administration of this Act is committed, as constituted as a body corporate under the Administrative Arrangements Act 1994 ;

"relative", in relation to a person, means the spouse, domestic partner, parent or remoter linear ancestor, son, daughter or remoter issue or brother or sister of the person;

"relevant interest" has the same meaning as in the Corporations Law ;

"right" includes a right of action;

"SAHT" means the South Australian Housing Trust and includes a subsidiary of the South Australian Housing Trust;

"spouse"—a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married;

"statutory corporation" means a corporate body established under this Act.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act, a person is an associate of another person if—

            (a)         the other person is a relative of the person or of the person's spouse or domestic partner; or

            (b)         the other person—

                  (i)         is a body corporate; and

                  (ii)         the person or a relative of the person or of the person's spouse or domestic partner has, or two or more such persons together have, a relevant interest or relevant interests in shares in the body corporate the nominal value of which is not less than 10 per cent of the nominal value of the issued share capital of the body corporate; or

            (c)         the other person is a trustee of a trust of which the person, a relative of the person or of the person's spouse or domestic partner or a body corporate referred to in paragraph (b) is a beneficiary; or

            (d)         the person is an associate of the other person within the meaning of the regulations.

Note—

For definition of divisional penalties (and divisional expiation fees) see Appendix.



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