4Interpretation

#### 4 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > ACNC type of entity means an entity that meets the description of a type of entity in column 1 of the table in subsection 25‑5(5) of the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012. > body includes an association and society. > building includes a part of a building and an addition to a building and, in Part VI, includes any other improvement on land. > child care means the care of children at a time or times when they are not being cared for in their own homes or in the homes of other persons. > child care centre has the meaning given by section 4A. > Child Care Standards Committee means the committee established under section 14. > eligible child care centre has the meaning given by section 4B. > family assistance law means any one or more of the following: (a) the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999; (b) the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999; (c) any instrument (including regulations) made under the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 or the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999. > home does not include an orphanage or like institution. > information includes estimates. > officer means a person performing duties, or exercising powers or functions, under or in relation to this Act and, in relation to a provision of Part IIIA, includes: (a) a person who has been such a person; and (b) a person who is or has been appointed or employed by the Commonwealth and who, as a result of that appointment or employment, may acquire or has acquired information about a person under this Act; and (c) a person who, although not appointed or employed by the Commonwealth, performs or performed services for the Commonwealth and who, as a result of performing those services, may acquire or has acquired information about a person under this Act. > operator, in relation to an eligible child care centre, means the person or body operating, or proposing to operate, the centre. > place includes a proposed place. > protected information means: (a) information about a person or a child care service that is or was held in the records of the Department; or (b) information that there is no information about a person or a child care service held in such records. (2) For the purposes of this Act, a thing is taken to be done or required for a permitted purpose if it is done or required: (a) for the purposes of this Act; or (b) for the purposes of a family assistance law;