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Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
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#### 3 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
> ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
> Board means the Special Broadcasting Service Board referred to in section 7.
> borrowing, includes raising money or obtaining credit, whether by dealing in securities or otherwise, but does not include obtaining credit in a transaction forming part of the day‑to‑day operations of the SBS.
> broadcasting service has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
> Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board.
> Charter means the Charter of the SBS described in subsection 6(3).
> Community Advisory Committee means the Community Advisory Committee established under section 50.
> datacasting licence has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
> datacasting service has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
> digital electronic communications means communications that:
(a) are carried by means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy; and
(b) involve the use of digital technology.
> digital media service has the meaning given by section 3A.
> Director means a member of the Board and includes the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson and the Managing Director.
> Finance Minister means the Minister who administers the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
> Indigenous person means a person who is:
(a) a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or
(b) a descendant of an Indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands.
> interest, in relation to money, includes compound interest.
> Managing Director means the Managing Director of the SBS.
> national broadcasting service has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
> Nomination Panel means the Nomination Panel established under section 24A of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983.
> non‑executive Director means a Director other than the Managing Director.
> program means a radio program or a television program.
> SBS means the body corporate preserved and continued in existence as the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation under section 5.