5Definitions

5 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) covering;
(b) label;
(c) officer;
(d) trade description.

In this instrument:

Act means the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905.

analyst means a person appointed under section 22.

article includes quantity of a substance.

drug means a substance used as a medicine or in the composition or preparation of a medicine.

examinable goods means:

(a) goods to which a trade description is applied; or
(b) goods covered by Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part 2 (which is about goods whose import is prohibited unless certain trade descriptions are applied); or
(c) goods covered by Subdivision C of Division 1 of Part 2 (which is about goods that may be imported without a trade description).

fibre means a natural or artificial fibrous material.

food has the same meaning as in the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991.

Note: Food therefore includes (among other things) anything declared under section 6 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 by the Minister administering that Act to be food for the purposes of that Act.

package includes:

(a) a container, wrapper or other thing in which an article is packed, or 2 or more articles are packed, for sale as a single item; and
(b) a holder to which an article is attached for the purpose of sale; and
(c) a band that is fixed round an article or articles as part of the preparation of that article or those articles for sale.

Note: Paragraph 6(1)(b) affects the meaning of a reference to a package of goods.

prepacked article means an article of goods that are packed in a way in which goods of that kind are commonly packed for sale.

priority food means food other than non‑priority food within the meaning of the Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016 as in force or existing from time to time.

shoes: see section 20.