4Definitions

4 Definitions

In this Act:

Aboriginal person has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.

acquire includes acquire by way of issue.

Agency means the Future Fund Management Agency.

Appropriation Act means an Act appropriating money for expenditure out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

asset has the same meaning as in the Future Fund Act 2006.

balance of the Housing Australia Future Fund means the sum of:

(a) amounts standing to the credit of the Housing Australia Future Fund Special Account; and
(b) the value of investments of the Housing Australia Future Fund.

bank has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

business entity means:

(a) a company; or
(b) a partnership; or
(c) a trust; or
(d) a body politic.

child: without limiting who is a child of another person for the purposes of this Act, a person is the child of another person if the person is a child of the other person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.

Commonwealth employee means:

(a) a person who is employed by the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth; or
(b) a person who holds, or is acting in, an office under:
(i) a law of the Commonwealth; or
(ii) the Constitution.

Commonwealth entity has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.

de facto partner of a person has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

derivative means a derivative (within the meaning of Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001) that is a financial asset.

designated annual amount has the meaning given by section 33B.

designated Minister means:

(a) the Housing Minister; or
(b) the Indigenous Australians Minister; or
(c) the Social Services Minister; or
(d) the Veterans’ Affairs Minister.