135Definitions

135  Definitions

In this Part:

AFMA means the Australian Fisheries Management Authority.

asset means:

 (a) any legal or equitable estate or interest in real or personal property, whether actual, contingent or prospective; and

 (b) any right, power, privilege or immunity, whether actual, contingent or prospective;

but does not include a right, power, privilege or immunity conferred by an Act or by regulations or other subordinate legislation made under an Act.

assets official, in relation to an asset other than land, means the person or authority who, under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, under a trust instrument or otherwise, has responsibility for keeping a register in relation to assets of the kind concerned.

associated law has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Administration Act 1991.

CEO has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Administration Act 1991.

commencement time means the time when this Schedule commences.

commissioner has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Administration Act 1991.

director means a person who was a director of AFMA before the commencement time.

financial liability means a liability to pay a person an amount where the amount, or the method for working out the amount, has been determined.

instrument:

 (a) includes:

 (i) a contract, deed, undertaking or agreement; and

 (ii) a notice, authority, order or instruction; and

 (iii) an instrument made under an Act or regulations; but

 (b) does not include an Act or regulations.

land means any legal or equitable estate or interest in real property, whether actual, contingent or prospective.

land registration official, in relation to land, means the Registrar of Titles or other proper officer of the State or Territory in which the land is situated.

liability means any liability, duty or obligation, whether actual, contingent or prospective, but does not include a liability, duty or obligation imposed by an Act or by regulations or other subordinate legislation made under an Act.

staffing procedures includes procedures and policies, and any actions or decisions taken under or in accordance with those procedures and policies, that relate to the following:

 (a) recruitment, probation, or promotion;

 (b) performance management or appraisal;

 (c) inefficiency, misconduct, forfeiture of position, or fitness for duty;

 (d) conditions of continued employment, including failure to gain, or loss of, essential qualifications or clearances;