3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 41 of 2010, s. 22, Applied:01 Jan 2011] authorised officer means the Director or a person declared to be, or appointed as, an authorized officer under the Consumer Affairs Act 1988 ;

Board means the Surveyors' Board as constituted under the repealed Act immediately before the commencement day;

commencement day means the day fixed under section 2 ;

court means the Magistrates Court;

Director means the Director of Consumer Affairs;

document includes –

(a) [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2014, s. 4, Applied:09 Dec 2014] a book, plan, paper, parchment or other material on which there is an image or writing or printing, or on which there are marks, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them; and

(b) [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2014, s. 4, Applied:09 Dec 2014] a disk, tape, paper or other device from which images, sounds or messages are capable of being reproduced;

institution means an institution or association representative of persons engaged in one or more survey disciplines which requires that its members comply with established institutional standards of ethical conduct and professional best practice;

land includes messuages, tenements and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, of every kind and description (whatever may be the estate or interest in them);