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RACING (PROPRIETARY BUSINESS LICENSING) ACT 2000 - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

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

"approved licensing agreement"—see section 11;

"authorised officer" means—

            (a)         the Commissioner; or

            (b)         a member or the secretary of the Authority; or

            (c)         an inspector;

"Authority" means the Independent Gambling Authority established under the Independent Gambling Authority Act 1995 ;

"business" includes any organised activity, whether or not for profit or commercial purposes;

"close associates"—see section 5;

"Commissioner" means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of Liquor and Gambling Commissioner under the Liquor Licensing Act 1997 (or the Commissioner's delegate);

"compliance notice"—see section 36;

"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;

"executive officer" of a body corporate means—

            (a)         a secretary or public officer of the body corporate; or

            (b)         a person responsible for managing the body corporate's business or any aspect of its business;

"for-profit entity" means a person or body other than—

            (a)         a body corporate that is unable, because of its constitution or its nature, lawfully to return profits to its members; or

            (b)         a body corporate each of the members of which is a body corporate of a kind referred to in paragraph (a); or

            (c)         a body corporate each of the members of which is a body corporate of a kind referred to in paragraph (b);

"licensee" means a person who holds a proprietary racing business licence;

"prescribed financial market" means a prescribed financial market within the meaning of section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;

"proprietary racing business licence" means a licence granted under this Act;

"race" or "racing" means—

            (a)         a horse race or horse racing; or

            (b)         a harness race or harness racing (ie a pacing race or trotting race or pacing or trotting); or

            (c)         a greyhound race or greyhound racing (ie a race or racing between greyhounds in competitive pursuit of a quarry or lure that is not a live animal); or

            (d)         any other race of a kind prescribed by regulation;

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

"statutory default"—see section 33;

"substantial holding" in a body corporate has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.

        (2)         In this Act, "administrator", "controller" and "liquidator" have (unless the contrary intention appears) the same respective meanings as in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.



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