3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

AFIC means the Australian Financial Institutions Commission established by the AFIC Act;

AFIC Act means the Australian Financial Institutions Commission Act 1992 of Queensland;

AFIC Code means the Code set out in section 21 of the AFIC Act;

AFIC (Tasmania) Code means the provisions applying as a law of Tasmania before the transfer date because of section 5 of the Financial Institutions (Application of Laws) Act 1992 , and includes the AFIC (Tasmania) Regulations applying as regulations before the transfer date because of section 6 of that Act;

appropriately qualified, in relation to the delegation of a power, includes having the qualifications, experience or standing to exercise the power;

APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority established by the APRA Act;

APRA Act means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 of the Commonwealth;

APRA employee means a person appointed under section 45 of the APRA Act;

ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission established by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 1989 of the Commonwealth;

authorised APRA officer in a provision of Part 4 , means a person authorised under section 9 to perform or exercise the functions or powers of an authorised APRA officer under the provision;

Credit Unions Contingency Fund means the fund of that name established under section 97(1) of the Financial Institutions (Tasmania) Code;