4Interpretation

4 Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

applicant means any person who has made an application for the purchase of a home or for an advance under the Act, and includes a purchaser or a borrower.

authorized person means a person or institution authorized in writing by the Corporation to exercise the powers or functions in respect of which the expression is used.

home means a dwelling‑house and the land upon which it is erected.

State Manager means a person for the time being occupying, or performing the duties of, an office in the Australian Public Service designated as:

(a) State Manager, Defence Service Homes Corporation; or

(b) Manager, Defence Service Homes Corporation.

the Act means the Defence Service Homes Act 1918.

(2) Any reference in these Regulations to an eligible person shall be read as including a reference to persons with whom the Corporation proposes to enter, or has entered, into any transaction in accordance with subsection (1) of section 4A of the Act.

Part II Applications for homes and advances