3Definitions

3 Definitions

In the scheme, unless the contrary intention appears:

Act means the Dairy Produce Act 1986.

anomalous circumstances payment right means a payment right under section 11.

approved form means a form approved by the DAA.

base year means the financial year beginning on 1 July 1998.

eligible dairy leasing arrangement has the meaning given by section 5.

eligible dairy sharefarming arrangement has the meaning given by section 4.

exceptional event, in relation to a dairy farm enterprise, means a drought, storm, flood or other natural event, or disease suffered by livestock.

exceptional events supplementary payment right means a payment right under section 10.

former statutory authority means a body that:

(a) was, but is no longer, a statutory authority; and

(b) carries out substantially the same functions as it carried out as a statutory authority.

initial payment day has the meaning given by section 41.

milk means the market milk or manufacturing milk.

milk revenue means the gross proceeds from the sale of milk.

owner of a unit means the entity whose ownership of the unit is entered on the register.

owner of land means:

(a) a person who is taken to be legal owner of the land under the law of the State or Territory where the land is located; or

(b) if the legal owner of the land under the law of the State or Territory where the land is located is the Crown, a statutory authority or a former statutory authority — a person who leases the land from the Crown, the authority or the former authority.

public officer of a corporation means any of the following:

(a) a director or a secretary of the corporation;

(b) a person acting under a power of attorney from the corporation;

(c) the public officer of the corporation for the purposes of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 section 252;

(d) an officer of the corporation authorised by the corporation to do the act concerned.