sch.2-sec.10Definitions

sch.2-sec.10 Definitions

In this Law— Act means an Act of the Legislature of this jurisdiction; affidavit , in relation to a person allowed by law to affirm, declare or promise, includes affirmation, declaration and promise; amend includes— omit or omit and substitute; or alter or vary; or amend by implication; appoint includes re-appoint; breach includes fail to comply with; business day means a day that is not— a Saturday or Sunday; observed as a public holiday on the same day in each of the participating jurisdictions (except the Commonwealth); calendar month means a period starting at the beginning of any day of 1 of the 12 named months and ending— immediately before the beginning of the corresponding day of the next named month; or if there is no such corresponding day, at the end of the next named month; calendar year means a period of 12 months beginning on 1 January; commencement , in relation to this Law or an Act or a provision of this Law or an Act, means the time at which this Law, the Act or provision comes into operation; confer , in relation to a function, includes impose; contravene includes fail to comply with; definition means a provision of this Law (however expressed) that— gives a meaning to a word or expression; or limits or extends the meaning of a word or expression; document includes— any paper or other material on which there is writing; or any paper or other material on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations having a meaning for a person qualified to interpret them; or any disc, tape or other article or any material from which sounds, images, writings or messages are capable of being reproduced (with or without the aid of another article or device); estate includes easement, charge, right, title, claim, demand, lien or encumbrance, whether at law or in equity; expire includes lapse or otherwise cease to have effect; fail includes refuse; financial year means a period of 12 months beginning on 1 July; function includes duty; Gazette means the Government Gazette of this jurisdiction; instrument includes a statutory instrument; interest , in relation to land or other property, means— a legal or equitable estate in the land or other property; or a right, power or privilege over, or in relation to, the land or other property; make includes issue or grant; minor means an individual who is under 18 years of age; modification includes addition, omission or substitution; month means a calendar month; named month means 1 of the 12 months of the year; number means— a number expressed in figures or words; or a letter; or a combination of a number so expressed and a letter; oath , in relation to a person allowed by law to affirm, declare or promise, includes affirmation, declaration or promise; office includes position; omit , in relation to a provision of this Law or an Act, includes repeal; party includes a body politic or body corporate as well as an individual; penalty includes a civil penalty, forfeiture or punishment; person includes a body politic or body corporate as well as an individual; power includes authority; prescribed means prescribed by the Regulations; printed includes typewritten, lithographed or reproduced by any mechanical means; proceeding means a legal or other action or proceeding; property means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future, vested or contingent, or tangible or intangible) in real or personal property of any description (including money), and includes things in action; provision , in relation to this Law or an Act, means words or other matter that form or forms part of this Law or the Act , and includes— a Part, Division, Subdivision, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, subsubparagraph or Schedule of or to this Law or the Act ; or a section, clause, subclause, item, column, table or form of or in a Schedule to this Law or the Act ; or the long title and any preamble to the Act ; record includes information stored or recorded by means of a computer; repeal includes— revoke or rescind; or repeal by implication; or abrogate or limit the effect of the law or instrument concerned; or exclude from, or include in, the application of the law or instrument concerned, any person, subject matter or circumstance; sign includes the affixing of a seal or the making of a mark; statutory declaration means a declaration made under an Act, or under a Commonwealth Act or an Act of another jurisdiction, that authorises a declaration to be made otherwise than in the course of a judicial proceeding; statutory instrument means the Regulations or an instrument made or in force under this Law; swear , in relation to a person allowed by law to affirm, declare or promise, includes affirm, declare or promise; word includes any symbol, figure or drawing; writing includes any mode of representing or reproducing words in a visible form.