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Co-operatives (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012
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#### 263 Interpretation
263 Interpretation
> > (1) In this Part—
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> > accounting standard—see section 314.
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> > audit means—
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> > > (a) an audit conducted for the purposes of this Law; or
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> > > (b) a review of a financial report conducted for the purposes of this Law.
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> > auditing standard—see section 314.
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> > consolidated entity means a co-operative together with all the entities it is required by the accounting standards to include in consolidated financial statements.
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> > directors’ declaration—see section 273.
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> > financial report means an annual financial report or a half-year financial report prepared by a co-operative under this Part (and see section 273).
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> > financial statements—see section 273.
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> > notes to the financial statements—see section 273.
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> > (2) Terms used in this Part have the same meanings as they have in the Corporations Act, and in particular in Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act.
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> > Note—
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> > Examples of terms covered by subsection (2) are authorised audit company, entity, control and registered company auditor.
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> > (3) Without limiting subsection (2), the term controlled entity used in this Part has a meaning affected by section 50AA of the Corporations Act.