4Definitions

4 Definitions

In this Act:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts practice means the creation or performance, wholly or partly by artists who are Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders (or both), of arts.

Aboriginal person has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.

appointed Board member means a Board member other than the CEO.

appointed Music Australia Council member means a member of the Music Australia Council other than the CEO.

appointed Writing Australia Council member means a member of the Writing Australia Council other than the CEO.

arts means the creation or performance of works of interpretative expression through any medium.

Australian artist means an artist who is an Australian citizen or an Australian resident.

Australian arts practice means the creation or performance, wholly or partly by Australian artists, of arts.

Australian contemporary music practice means the creation or performance, wholly or partly by Australian artists, of contemporary music.

Australian resident means an individual who resides in Australia and is the holder (within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958) of a permanent visa (within the meaning of that Act).

Board means the Australia Council Board.

Board member means a member of the Board, and includes the Chair, the Deputy Chair and the CEO.

CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of Creative Australia.

Chair means the Chair of the Board.

committee means a committee established under section 61.

constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.

Creative Australia means the body corporate continued in existence by section 9 under the name Creative Australia.

Creative Workplaces Council means the Creative Workplaces Council established by section 49.

Creative Workplaces Council member means a member of the Creative Workplaces Council, and includes the Chair of the Workplaces Council.