Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services (Repeals and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000
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(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
ADF Trust Amount has the meaning given by section 17.
APS employee has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999.
assets means any legal or equitable estate or interest of the authority in real or personal property (whether actual, contingent or prospective) and includes all rights, powers, privileges and immunities (whether actual, contingent or prospective).
assets official means a person or authority who, under a law, has responsibility for keeping a register in relation to assets of the kind concerned.
combined service period, in relation to an employee, means the total of:
(a) the period that is, immediately before the transfer day, the employee’s period of service for the purposes of the Long Service Leave Act; and
(b) the period, during which the employee continues to be an employee of the industry services body.
DFRDB Act means the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.
Dried Fruits Trust has the meaning given by section 17.
employee, in relation to a statutory authority, means a person who was, immediately before the transfer day, an officer or an employee of the authority, and includes the Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director or General Manager of the authority.
industry export control body means the body for the time being declared to be the industry export control body under the Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000.
industry services body means the body that was the industry services body under the Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000 on 31 December 2024.
law means:
(a) a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or
(b) regulations or any other instrument (other than an award, determination or industrial agreement) made under such a law.
liabilities means all liabilities, duties and obligations, whether actual, contingent or prospective.
Long Service Leave Act means the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976, as in force immediately before the transfer day.