31Interpretation

31 Interpretation

In this Part of these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

Australian soldier means a person who is a member of the Forces as defined in section 23, section 100 or section 105 of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920-1949, and includes a person, being a British subject, who served with the Naval or Military Forces of any Australian Colony or any State of the Commonwealth of Australia in the South African War which commenced on the eleventh day of October One thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine and terminated on the thirty-first day of May One thousand nine hundred and two, and includes a company approved by the Custodian in which all the shares issued by the company are held by Australian soldiers and of which the Articles of Association contain a provision prohibiting the sale or transfer of shares in the company to persons who are not Australian soldiers and prohibiting the transfer of shares to Australian soldiers without the consent of the Custodian.

enemy debt has the same meaning as in Part I of these Regulations.

land includes any estate or interest in land.

nationals has the same meaning as in Part I of these Regulations.

plantation means property which is specified in the catalogue (if any) issued by the Custodian for the inspection of intending purchasers or in the notification published in pursuance of regulation 45 of these Regulations to be a plantation.

the Custodian means the Custodian of Expropriated Property appointed in pursuance of this Part of these Regulations.

the Minister means the Minister for the time being administering this Part of these Regulations.

the Treaty has the same meaning as in Part I of these Regulations.

trading station means a property which has been specified as a trading station in the catalogue (if any) issued by the Custodian for the inspection of intending purchasers or in the notification published in pursuance of regulation 45 of these Regulations to be a trading station.