Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Act:
"Agriculture Minister" means the Minister who administers the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989 .
"Board" means the Board of the Corporation established by section 14 .
"Board member" means a member of the Board (and includes the Chair).
"CEO" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
"Chair" means the Chair of the Board.
"constitutional corporation" means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
"constitutional trade or commerce" means trade or commerce:
(a) between Australia and places outside Australia; or
(b) among the States; or
(c) within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between 2 Territories.
"Corporation" means the Regional Investment Corporation established by section 7 .
"Desertification Convention" means the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa , done at Paris on 17 June 1994.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2000 No. 18 ([2000] ATS 18) and could i n 20 1 8 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website ( http:// www.austlii.edu.au).
"drought resilience" has the same meaning as in the Future Drought Fund Act 2019 .
"farm business loan" means a loan made, or proposed to be made, to a farm business:
(a) engaged solely or mainly in producing commodities for constitutional trade or commerce; or
(b) for the purpose of encouraging or promoting constitutional trade or commerce; or
(c) that is a constitutional corporation; or
(d ) to allow the business to satisfy the requirements of a contract with a constitutional corporation which relates to the corporation's trading activities; or
(e) in an affected area, within the meaning of the Desertification Convention , for the purpose of implementing Australia's international obligations under that Convention ; or
(f) in a Territory.
"Operating Mandate" : see section 11 .
"paid work" means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self - employed person or otherwise).
"responsible Ministers" means:
(a) the Agriculture Minister ; and
(b) the Minister who administers the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
"rules" means rules made under section 54 .
"start day" means 1 July 2018 or, if a day is specified in an instrument made under paragraph 8 (4)(b), that day.
"vacancy" , in relation to the office of a Board member, has a meaning affected by subsection 20(3).