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#### 26 Definitions
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> disclosure document means any of the following:
(a) a credit guide mentioned in section 113, 126, 127, 136, 149, 150, 158 or 160 of the Act;
(b) a credit proposal disclosure document mentioned in section 121 of the Act;
(c) a lease proposal disclosure document mentioned in section 144 of the Act;
(d) a quote mentioned in section 114 or 137 of the Act.
> interest rate means the interest rate or rates applicable to:
(a) a type of home loan; or
(b) a home loan chosen by a consumer.
> Note: For the characteristics of a home loan that is a standard form of credit contract, see regulation 28LA.
> lender means a person or entity who:
(a) may determine the pricing of a standard home loan; and
(b) produces the Key Facts Sheet for that home loan.
> licensee—see section 4.1 of Schedule 4.
> managed contract means a credit contract or consumer lease entered into as a result of credit assistance provided by a mortgage manager under the terms of an agreement the mortgage manager has with a credit provider, lessor or third party to manage the contract or lease.
> mortgage manager means a licensee who has a written agreement with:
(a) a credit provider or lessor; or
(b) a third party who is authorised to act for a credit provider or lessor (under a written agreement with the credit provider or lessor); and
> under the terms of which:
(c) the licensee is required to manage the relationship with the consumer on a day‑to‑day basis for the credit provider or lessor in accordance with the credit provider’s, lessor’s or third party’s policies and procedures; and
(d) the credit contracts, consumer leases and associated documentation used by the licensee are branded or co‑branded with the name of the licensee.
> product designer means a licensee who engages in a credit activity only through a written agreement with a credit provider or lessor under the terms of which:
(a) the licensee manages a pool of funds from which credit contracts or consumer leases are provided; and
(b) the licensee receives indirect remuneration that is worked out in relation to the net profit from operating the pool of funds; and
(c) the licensee has responsibility for creating the policy for usage of the credit contracts or consumer leases, including the eligibility requirements for consumers.
> relevant provision of the Act is a section of the Act which requires a disclosure document to be provided to a consumer.
> trail commission means indirect remuneration that is contingent on a consumer’s conduct after the consumer has entered into a credit contract or consumer lease, and includes indirect remuneration that is dependent on the amount of a repayment, or the number of repayments, made by the consumer under the contract or lease.
> volume bonus arrangement means an arrangement between:
(a) a credit provider, lessor or other person (the payer); and
(b) a licensee or credit representative (the payee);
under which the amount of indirect remuneration payable by the payer to the payee increases as the total volume of business arranged by the payee with the payer increases.