4Definitions

#### 4 Definitions In this Act: > Agriculture Minister means the Minister who administers the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989. > Board means the Board of the Corporation established by section 14. > Board member means a member of the Board (and includes the Chair). > CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. > Chair means the Chair of the Board. > constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies. > constitutional trade or commerce means trade or commerce: (a) between Australia and places outside Australia; or (b) among the States; or (c) within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between 2 Territories. > Corporation means the Regional Investment Corporation established by section 7. > Desertification Convention means the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, done at Paris on 17 June 1994. > Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2000 No. 18 (\[2000\] ATS 18) and could in 2018 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au). > drought resilience has the same meaning as in the Future Drought Fund Act 2019. > farm business loan means a loan made, or proposed to be made, to a farm business: (a) engaged solely or mainly in producing commodities for constitutional trade or commerce; or (b) for the purpose of encouraging or promoting constitutional trade or commerce; or (c) that is a constitutional corporation; or (d) to allow the business to satisfy the requirements of a contract with a constitutional corporation which relates to the corporation’s trading activities; or (e) in an affected area, within the meaning of the Desertification Convention, for the purpose of implementing Australia’s international obligations under that Convention; or (f) in a Territory. > Operating Mandate: see section 11. > paid work means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self‑employed person or otherwise). > responsible Ministers means: (a) the Agriculture Minister; and (b) the Minister who administers the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. > rules means rules made under section 54. > start day means 1 July 2018 or, if a day is specified in an instrument made under paragraph 8(4)(b), that day. > vacancy, in relation to the office of a Board member, has a meaning affected by subsection 20(3).