4Definitions

4 Definitions

4 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires—

appointed day means the day appointed by the Governor under section 2 (2).

Authority means the Teacher Housing Authority of New South Wales constituted under section 5 (1).

council means council within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993.

house means building used for teacher housing or intended to be so used.

member means member of the Authority.

Minister for Education means the Minister of the Crown for the time being administering the Education Act 1990.

Minister for Housing means the Minister of the Crown for the time being administering the Housing Act 2001.

region means a part of the State outside the County of Cumberland that is—

(a) a region established under the Regional Organisation Act 1972, and

(b) a part of the State that—

(i) is not within a region referred to in paragraph (a), and

(ii) is declared by the Minister, by order published in the Gazette, to be a region for the purposes of this Act.

regulation means regulation made under this Act.

school includes a TAFE establishment within the meaning of the Technical and Further Education Commission Act 1990.

school site means land on which a public school is erected.

teacher means—

(a) a member of the Teaching Service, and

(b) a person employed in the Public Service as a deputy superintendent (educational), educational officer or trained pre-school teacher.

(2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.

s 4: Am 1980 No 24, Sch 2; 1987 No 14, Sch 1 (1); 1987 No 63, Sch 2; 1988 No 30, Sch 1; 1990 No 118, Sch 3; 1993 No 32, Sch 2; 1993 No 108, Sch 1; 1999 No 31, Sch 3.18; 2001 No 52, Sch 1.14; 2004 No 114, Sch 2.21 [1] [2]; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.56; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.90 [1].