11Meaning of associate

11 Meaning of associate

(1) In this instrument, associate, in relation to a person, means: (a) for a body corporate: (i) a director or secretary of the body; or (ii) a related body corporate; or (iii) a director or secretary of a related body corporate; or (iv) an individual who controls at least 15% of the voting power or holds at least 15% of the issued shares in the body; or (b) for an individual: (i) the individual’s spouse; or (ii) the individual’s de facto partner (within the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901); or (iii) a body corporate in which the individual controls at least 15% of the voting power or holds at least 15% of the issued shares; or (iv) a body corporate of which the individual is a director or secretary; or (v) a body corporate that is related to a body corporate of which the individual is a director or secretary; or (c) in any case – any other person (other than the Commonwealth represented by the ACMA) who has a relevant agreement with the person that: (i) is for the use by a party to the agreement of spectrum licensed to either of those parties under a spectrum licence for residual 700 MHz band spectrum in the designated area; or (ii) relates to the acquisition of a spectrum licence for residual 700 MHz band spectrum in the designated area. (2) For paragraph (1)(c), a relevant agreement means an agreement, arrangement or understanding: (a) whether formal or informal or partly formal and partly informal; and (b) whether written or oral or partly written and partly oral; and (c) whether or not having legal or equitable force and whether or not based on legal or equitable rights; other than a roaming services agreement or an agreement between carriers provided for by or under the Telecommunications Act 1997 or Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.