Australia means the Commonwealth of Australia but, when used in a geographical sense, does not include an external Territory.
Australia Acts means the Australia Act 1986 of the Commonwealth and the Australia Act 1986 of the United Kingdom.
Australian lawyer means a person admitted to the Australian legal profession.
Australian legal practitioner means an Australian lawyer who holds a current Australian practising certificate.
authorised deposit-taking institution or ADI means an authorised deposit-taking institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth.
bank means—
(a) a bank as defined by section 5 of the Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth, or
(b) a bank constituted under a law of a State or Territory.
British Act or Imperial Act means an Act of the British Parliament.
British Parliament or Imperial Parliament means—
(a) the Parliament of England,
(b) the Parliament of Great Britain,
(c) the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or
(d) the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
as the case requires.
business day means a day that is not—
(a) a Saturday or Sunday, or
(b) a public holiday or bank holiday throughout the State.
calendar month means a period commencing at the beginning of a day of one of the 12 named months and ending—
(a) immediately before the beginning of the corresponding day of the next named month, or
(b) if there is no such corresponding day, at the end of the next named month.
calendar year means a period of 12 months commencing on 1 January.
estate includes interest, charge, right, title, claim, demand, lien and encumbrance, whether at law or in equity.
Executive Council means the Executive Council of New South Wales.
external Territory means a Territory, not being an internal Territory, for the government of which as a Territory provision is made by a Commonwealth Act.
indictable offence means an offence for which proceedings may be taken on indictment, whether or not proceedings for the offence may also be taken otherwise than on indictment.
individual means a natural person.
Industrial Court or Industrial Relations Commission in Court Session means the Industrial Relations Commission as constituted under the Industrial Relations Act 1996, section 151.
Industrial Relations Commission means the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales under the Industrial Relations Act 1996.
land includes messuages, tenements and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, of any tenure or description, and whatever may be the estate or interest therein.
make, in relation to an instrument, includes issue and grant.
Mental Health Review Tribunal means the Mental Health Review Tribunal under the Mental Health Act 2007.
mentally incapacitated person means a person who is an involuntary patient or a forensic patient or a correctional patient within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2007, or a protected person within the meaning of the NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009.
midnight, in relation to a particular day, means the point of time at which that day ends.
minor means an individual who is under the age of 18 years.
minor indictable offence means an indictable offence that is not a serious indictable offence.
month means a calendar month.
named month means January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November or December.
NSW legislation website means the website with the URL of www.legislation.nsw.gov.au, or any other website, used by the Parliamentary Counsel to provide public access to the legislation of New South Wales.
NSW Police Force means the NSW Police Force established by the Police Act 1990.
NSW Rural Fire Service means the NSW Rural Fire Service under the Rural Fires Act 1997.
(ii) is a party to a debt agreement as a debtor, or
(iii) is a party to a personal insolvency agreement as a debtor and the obligations created by the agreement remain undischarged, or
(iv) authorises a controlling trustee to control the individual’s property, whether or not the individual has entered into a personal insolvency agreement as a debtor, or
(b) has a status under a law of a foreign country substantially similar to an individual referred to in paragraph (a), or
(c) otherwise applies to take the benefit of a law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors.
police officer means a member of the NSW Police Force who is a police officer within the meaning of the Police Act 1990.
proclamation means a proclamation of the Governor published in the Gazette or on the NSW legislation website.
property means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description, including money, and includes things in action.
public holiday means a day appointed under the Public Holidays Act 2010 or another Act as a public holiday.
repeal, in relation to an instrument, includes revoke and rescind.
rules of court, in relation to a court or tribunal, means rules made by the person or body having power to make rules regulating the practice and procedure of the court or tribunal.
serious indictable offence means an indictable offence that is punishable by imprisonment for life or for a term of 5 years or more.
sign includes the affixing of a seal and the making of a mark.
Standards Australia means Standards Australia International Limited (ACN 087 326 690), and includes a reference to the Standards Association of Australia as constituted before 1 July 1999.
writing includes printing, photography, photocopying, lithography, typewriting and any other mode of representing or reproducing words in visible form.
sch 4: Ins 2023 No 7, Sch 3.1[6]. Am 2023 No 35, Sch 1.12[2]; 2023 No 41, Sch 2.22; 2024 No 47, Sch 1.18[2]; 2024 No 82, Sch 3.5[5]; 2025 No 61, Sch 2.54[1] [2].