Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Act 2000
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108 Interpretation (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears: associate means: (a) an associate within the meaning of Division 2 of Part 1.2 of the Corporations Act 2001; (b) a prescribed person or a person who is a member of a prescribed class of persons; or (c) a person, not being a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), who the Minister declares, on the basis of information given or not given in compliance or non-compliance with a requirement notice, to be an associate under section 114(1). body corporate means a body corporate, corporation or company, including: (a) a body corporate of any kind wherever formed or incorporated and whether formed or incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 or any other law; (b) a society, association or other body, wherever formed, that under the law of the place where it was formed may sue or be sued or may hold property in the name of the secretary or some other officer of the body or in the name of any trustee or trustees; and (c) a society, association or other body, wherever formed, to which is applied with or without exceptions a law in force in the place where it was formed relating to corporations or companies as if it were a corporation or company within the meaning of that law. notice does not include a requirement notice. prohibited holder means a person who the Minister declares under section 114(1)(g) has a prohibited shareholding interest. prohibited shareholding interest means an interest that entitles a person to exercise or to influence or control the exercise of the right to vote attached to the number of voting shares in a licensee that
Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Act 2000 53 together constitute more than the percentage of the total number of voting shares in the licensee prescribed under section 111(1). requirement notice means a notice given under section 112(1) requiring a person to provide information to the Minister. transaction means a transaction that: (a) is entered into or made in or outside the Territory; (b) relates to shares registered in or outside the Territory; or (c) is made and is enforceable under a law applying in the Territory or elsewhere. voting share means a voting share within the meaning of section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 to which a person is entitled under section 608 of the Corporations Act 2001 as if in section 608 of the Corporations Act 2001: (a) a reference to an associate were a reference to an associate as defined in this section; and (b) a reference to a relevant interest were a reference to an interest in a share that a person would have under Division 5 of Part 1.1 of the Corporations Act 2001 if sections 33 and 35(c) of that Division were disregarded. (2) A reference in this Part to the Corporations Act 2001 is a reference to the Corporations Act 2001 as it would apply if references in it to a body corporate, corporation or company included references to a body corporate as defined in this section. (3) A reference in this Part to the influence or control of the exercise of the right to vote attached to a voting share is a reference to influence or control that is direct or indirect or is or can be exercised as a result of, by means of, in breach of or by revocation of trusts or relevant agreements and practices (whether or not the trusts, agreements or practices are enforceable).