Home Building Act 1989
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90 Definitions
(1) In this Part—
contractor means a person required by section 92 to enter into a contract of insurance.
insolvent means—
(a) in relation to an individual, that the individual is insolvent under administration (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth), or
(b) in relation to a corporation, that the corporation is a Chapter 5 body corporate.
(2) A reference in this Part to the disappearance of a contractor, supplier or owner-builder is a reference to disappearance from Australia and includes a reference to the fact that, after due search and inquiry, the contractor, supplier or owner-builder cannot be found in Australia.
s 90: Am 1990 No 33, Sch 1 (24). Subst 1996 No 122, Sch 4 [3]. Am 2000 No 56, Sch 1 [1]; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.21 [2]; 2002 No 17, Sch 1 [1]; 2004 No 101, Sch 1 [2]; 2006 No 58, Sch 2.22 [2]; 2009 No 61, Sch 2 [55]; 2010 No 30, Sch 2 [3]; 2011 No 52, Sch 1 [16]; 2014 No 24, Sch 1 [78]–[80]; 2017 No 28, Sch 1 [13]; 2022 No 59, Sch 2.21[1].