4Interpretation

4 Interpretation

(1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

business purposes means purposes related to the carrying on, for profit, of any business, trade or profession and includes purposes related to the carrying on of an undertaking (whether or not carried on wholly, or only partly, with a view to profit) involving the manufacture, sale or supply of goods or services;

Code Committee means the Commercial Code Administration Committee established by section 28 ;

commencement day, in relation to a provision of this Act, means the day on which the provision commences;

commercial lease means –

(a) a lease of premises to which Schedule 1 to the Fair Trading (Code of Practice for Retail Tenancies) Regulations 1998 applies; and

(b) a lease of premises occupied, or to be occupied, wholly or predominantly for business purposes –

but does not include a lease that is within a class of leases that is prescribed;

Director has the same meaning as in the Consumer Affairs Act 1988 ;

disease means the disease, known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), declared under section 40 of the Public Health Act 1997 to be a notifiable disease;

disease-related factors means factors arising from, or related to –

(a) the disease; or

(b) actions taken, or attempts made, to reduce the risk of the spread of the disease, whether or not taken under the Public Health Act 1997 or the and whether or not the actions taken, or attempts made, occur within the State or outside the State or relate to matters within the State; or