Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PIG INDUSTRY ACT 2001 - SECT 7

    In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"asset" means:

  (a)   any legal or equitable estate or interest in real or personal property, whether actual, contingent or prospective; and

  (b)   any right, power, privilege or immunity, whether actual, contingent or prospective.

"combined service period" , in relation to an employee, means the total of:

  (a)   the period that is, immediately before the transfer time, 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 .

"eligible body" has the meaning given by subsection   9(1).

"employee" :

  (a)   in relation to the Australian Pork Corporation, means a person who was an officer or employee immediately before the transfer time; and

  (b)   in relation to the Pig Research and Development Corporation, means a person who was an officer or employee (including the Executive Director) immediately before the transfer time.

"funding contract" means a contract under section   9.

"industry services body" means the body declared as the industry services body under section   11.

"instrument" means:

  (a)   an Act or any instrument under an Act; or

  (b)   any other document.

"Levies Collection Act" means the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991 .

"liability" means any liability, duty or obligation, 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 time.

"marketing payments" means payments referred to in paragraph   9(1)(a).

"matching payments" means payments referred to in paragraph   9(1)(c).

"Maternity Leave Act" means the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973 , as in force immediately before the transfer time.

"Presiding Officer" means:

  (a)   in relation to the House of Representatives--the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

  (b)   in relation to the Senate--the President of the Senate.

"R&D payments" means payments referred to in paragraph   9(1)(b).

"SRC Act" means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 , as in force immediately before the transfer time.

"statutory authority" means:

  (a)   the Australian Pork Corporation; or

  (b)   the Pig Research and Development Corporation.

"successor body" has the meaning given by section   14.

"transferring employee" means a person who:

  (a)   was an employee of a statutory authority immediately before the transfer time; and

  (b)   becomes an employee of the successor body at the transfer time.

"transfer time" means the time declared as the transfer time under section   13.