Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"appoint" includes re - appoint.
"appointed member" means the Chairperson or a member referred to in paragraph 12(1)(b), (c), (d) or (f) .
"Board" means the Board of Directors of DHA established by section 11A.
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board .
"designated position in the Department" means a position in the Department that:
(a) is designated, in writing, by the Minister for the purposes of section 60; and
(b) is occupied by an SES employee or acting SES employee.
"DHA" means Defence Housing Australia.
"DHA Advisory Committee" means the Defence Housing Australia Advisory Committee established by section 27.
"Finance Minister" means the Minister who administers the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
"Finance Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department administered by the Finance Minister.
"house" includes:
(a) any building or part of a building that is used or intended to be used, in whole or in substantial part, for residential accommodation, whether consisting of:
(i) a single unit of accommodation;
(ii) 2 or more attached units of accommodation; or
(iii) multi - storey units of accommodation; and
(b) outbuildings, fences, walls, permanent provision for lighting, for heating, for water supply, for drainage and for sewerage, and other appurtenances of a house (including a building or part of a building referred to in paragraph ( a)).
"joint venture" means an undertaking carried on by 2 or more persons in common otherwise than as partners.
"Managing Director" means the Managing Director of DHA .
"member" means a member of the Board , and includes the Chairperson and Managing Director.
"securities" includes stocks, debentures, debenture stocks, notes, bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange and similar instruments or documents.
"share" means a share in the share capital of a corporation, and includes stock.
(2) The question whether a company is a subsidiary of DHA shall be determined in the same manner as the question whether a corporation is a subsidiary of another corporation is determined for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001 .
(3) A reference in this Act to dealing with securities includes a reference to:
(a) creating, executing, entering into, drawing, making, accepting, indorsing, issuing, discounting, selling, purchasing and reselling securities;
(b) creating, selling, purchasing and reselling rights and options in relation to securities; and
(c) entering into agreements and other arrangements in relation to securities.