3Interpretation

#### 3 Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > articles means articles of association. > Australia includes the external Territories. > authorised person means: (a) the Minister; or (b) the holder of an authorising office. > authorising office means an office, in the Department, which is declared by writing signed by the Minister to be an authorising office for the purposes of this definition. > employment, in relation to a staff member, means employment by, or service with, SMEC. > member, in relation to SMEC at any time before the transition, includes a Director. > memorandum means memorandum of association. > SMEC means the body corporate that, at the commencement of this section, exists, because of this Act, under the name Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation. > share, in relation to SMEC, means a share in the share capital of SMEC. > staff member means a person who, immediately before the transition, is: (a) the Managing Director of SMEC; or (b) an officer or employee of SMEC. > transition means the commencement of Part IV, being the Part substituted by section 12 of the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (Conversion into Public Company) Act 1989.