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Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012
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#### 13 Definitions
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> > (1) In this Part:
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> > assets means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent and whether personal or assignable) in real or personal property of any description (including money), and includes securities, choses in action and documents.
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> > community housing agreement means an agreement between a Housing Agency and a registered community housing provider made in accordance with this Act.
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> > instrument means an instrument (other than this Act) that creates, modifies or extinguishes rights or liabilities (or would do so if lodged, filed or registered in accordance with any law), and includes any judgment, order or process of a court.
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> > land includes:
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> > > (a) a legal or equitable estate or interest in the land, or
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> > > (b) an easement, right, charge, power or privilege over, or in connection with, the land.
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> > liabilities means any liabilities, debts or obligations (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent and whether personal or assignable).
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> > new owner, in relation to land vested by an order under this Part, means the community housing provider in which the land is vested by the order.
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> > officer of a registered community housing provider has the same meaning as the term officer of a corporation has in the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth.
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> > registered community housing provider means a registered community housing provider within the meaning of the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW) and includes an entity registered under the local registration scheme established under section 25A.
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> > rights means any rights, powers, privileges or immunities (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent and whether personal or assignable).
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> > vesting date, in relation to land vested in a community housing provider by an order under this Part, means the date on which the vesting takes effect.
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> > (2) A reference in this Part to land owned by a Housing Agency includes a reference to land owned by the State and under the control of a Housing Agency.
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> **s 13:** Am 2016 No 53, Sch 2 \[1\].