4Interpretation

##### 4 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > Agreement means: (a) the Agreement between the Commonwealth and States that is: (i) described as an ANTA Agreement; and (ii) expressed to replace the agreement known as the “ANTA Agreement for 2001 to 2003”; or (b) if the first‑mentioned Agreement is amended—that Agreement as so amended. > annual VET plan has the same meaning as in the Agreement. > Authority means the Australian National Training Authority. > Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Authority. > Deputy Chairperson means the Deputy Chairperson of the Authority. > industry training advisory body means an organisation or body declared by the Ministerial Council to be an industry training advisory body for the purposes of the Agreement. > member means a member of the Authority. > Ministerial Council means: (a) if the expression is used in respect of a time before the commencement of this definition—a Council consisting of the Ministers from each State and the Commonwealth responsible for vocational education and training as that Council operated in accordance with the Statement; or (b) if the expression is used in respect of a time after that commencement—a Council consisting of the Ministers from each State and the Commonwealth responsible for vocational education and training as that Council operates in accordance with the Agreement. > national allocation principles means principles determined by the Ministerial Council as the principles to be applied by the Authority in the allocation of funds under Part 3. > national program means a program that is related to vocational education and training and for which the Ministerial Council has required the Authority to undertake responsibility. > national project means a project declared by the Ministerial Council to be a national vocational education and training project. > national strategy has the same meaning as in the Agreement. > qualified auditor means: (a) the Auditor‑General of a State; or (b) a person registered as a company auditor or a public accountant under a law in force in a State. > State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. > Statement means the statement entitled “A National Vocational Education and Training System” agreed on by the Commonwealth and the States and published on 21 July 1992. > State training agency, in relation to a State, means a person, organisation or body nominated by a State Minister as the State training agency of that State. > VET funding means money paid to the Authority under Part 3 of the Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992. > year, except in section 27, means a calendar year beginning on or after 1 January 1994. (2) In this Act, a reference to anything done, or to be done, by the Ministerial Council is a reference to the thing done, or to be done, by the Ministerial Council by resolution in accordance with the Agreement.