Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"ADF" Trust Amount has the meaning given by section 17.
"APS employee" has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999 .
"assets" means any legal or equitable estate or interest of the authority in real or personal property (whether actual, contingent or prospective) and includes all rights, powers, privileges and immunities (whether actual, contingent or prospective).
"assets official" means a person or authority who, under a law, has responsibility for keeping a register in relation to assets of the kind concerned.
"combined service period" , in relation to an employee, means the total of:
(a) the period that is, immediately before the transfer day, the employee's period of service for the purposes of the Long Service Leave Act; and
(b) the period, during which the employee continues to be an employee of the industry services body.
"DFRDB" Act means the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 .
"Dried Fruits Trust" has the meaning given by section 17.
"employee" , in relation to a statutory authority, means a person who was, immediately before the transfer day, an officer or an employee of the authority, and includes the Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director or General Manager of the authority.
"industry export control body" means the body for the time being declared to be the industry export control body under the Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000 .
"industry services body" means the body for the time being declared to be the industry services body under the Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000 .
"law" means:
(a) a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or
(b) regulations or any other instrument (other than an award, determination or industrial agreement) made under such a law.
"liabilities" means all liabilities, duties and obligations, whether actual, contingent or prospective.
"Long Service Leave Act" means the Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976 , as in force immediately before the transfer day.
"Maternity Leave Act" means the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973 , as in force immediately before the transfer day.
"post-commencement long service leave rights" , in relation to an employee, means any long service leave rights the employee acquires on or after the transfer day under an award, determination, industrial agreement or law (other than this Act).
"previous employer" , in relation to a transferred employee, means the statutory authority that employed the employee immediately before the transfer day.
"SRC" Act means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 , as in force immediately before the transfer day.
"statutory authority" means:
(a) the Australian Horticultural Corporation; or
(b) the Horticultural Research and Development Corporation; or
(c) the Australian Dried Fruits Board.
"transfer day" means the day specified by the Minister as the transfer day in a determination under section 12.
"transferred employee" means a person whose employment is transferred under section 24.
"transitional period" means the period of 24 months beginning on the transfer day.
(2) Expressions used in this Act that are defined in the Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000 have the same meanings as they have in that Act.
(3) Expressions used in Subdivision F of Division 4 of Part 2 that are defined in the Long Service Leave Act have the same meanings as they have in that Act.