3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

adoption means the adoption under section 6(1) ;

amendment reference means a reference under section 8(1) , (2) or (3) ;

Commonwealth PPS Act means the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 of the Commonwealth as amended by the Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 of the Commonwealth and the Personal Property Securities (Corporations and Other Amendments) Act 2010 of the Commonwealth and as in force from time to time;

Commonwealth PPS instrument means any instrument (whether or not of a legislative character) that is made or issued under the Commonwealth PPS Act;

crops includes (but is not limited to) the kinds of things that are included in the definition of "crops" for the purposes of the Commonwealth PPS Act;

excluded State statutory right means a State statutory right that is declared by the law of the State by or under which it is granted not to be personal property for the purposes of the Commonwealth PPS Act;

express amendment of the Commonwealth PPS Act means the direct amendment of the text of that Act (whether by the insertion, omission, repeal, substitution or relocation of words or matter) by another Commonwealth Act or by an instrument under a Commonwealth Act, but does not include the enactment by a Commonwealth Act of a provision that has or will have substantive effect otherwise than as part of the text of the Commonwealth PPS Act;

fixtures means goods, other than crops, that are affixed to land;

general law means the principles and rules of the common law and equity to the extent to which they have effect in the State from time to time;