Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DAIRY PRODUCE ACT 1986 No. 54 of 1986 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

"acting Managing Director" means a person appointed as an acting Managing
Director under section 48;

"annual operational plan" means a plan in force for the time being under
section 24;

"appointed member" means a member other than the Managing Director;

"approved bank" means the Reserve Bank of Australia, a trading bank as defined
in sub-section 5 (1) of the Banking Act 1959 or another bank approved by the
Treasurer, or by a person authorised by the Treasurer to give approvals for
the purposes of this definition, to be an approved bank;

"authorised person" means a person appointed as an authorised person under
section 120;

"Chairperson" means a person appointed as Chairperson of the Corporation under
section 33;

"Conference" means the association by the name of the Australian Dairy
Industry Conference Inc. that was incorporated under the Associations 
Incorporation Act 1981 of the State of Victoria;

"corporate plan", in relation to the Corporation, means a plan in force under
section 18 and in relation to any other body corporate, means a like plan in
force under this Act in relation to the body;

"Corporation" means the Australian Dairy Corporation continued in existence by
this Act;

"Corporation auditor" means-

   (a)  where an appointment of a company auditor under sub-section 82 (6) as
        the auditor of the Corporation is in effect-that company auditor; and

   (b)  where paragraph (a) does not apply-the Auditor-General;

"corporation levy" means the levy of that name imposed by the first Levy Act
and includes amounts of penalty (if any) payable under this Act in relation to
that penalty;

"dairy industry" means industry in Australia that is concerned with the
production, processing, manufacture, distribution and sale (whether for export
or otherwise) of dairy produce;

"dairy produce" means-

   (a)  milk;

   (b)  cream; and

   (c)  such other products made from or containing milk or a constituent part
        of milk as are declared by the Corporation by notice published in the
        Gazette to be dairy produce for the purposes of this Act;

"dairy products levy" means the levy imposed by section 9 of the first Levy
Act or section 5 or 8 of the second Levy Act and includes amounts of penalty
(if any) payable under section 67 of this Act;

"Deputy Chairperson" means the deputy of the Chairperson of the Corporation;

"executive council" means the executive council of the Conference;

"first levy Act" means the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 1) Act 1986;

"futures contract" means a currency futures contract or a financial futures
contract;

"futures market" means a market, exchange or other place at which futures
contracts are regularly made or traded;

"Industry Fund" means the Dairy Industry Fund established by section 86;

"Managing Director" means the person appointed as Managing Director of the
Corporation under section 47;

"Market Support Fund" means the Dairy Produce Market Support Fund established
by section 92;

"market support levy" means the levy of that name imposed by the first Levy
Act and includes amounts of penalty (if any) payable under this Act in
relation to that levy;

"market support payment" means a payment made under section 94 out of the
Market Support Fund;

"member" means a member of the Corporation and includes the Chairperson and a
deputy of the Chairperson or of a member;

"milk" means the lacteal fluid product of the dairy cow;

"milk fat levy" means the corporation levy, the market support levy, the
promotion levy or the research levy;

"money of the Corporation" does not include money standing to the credit of
the Dairy Produce Stabilization Trust Fund established by the Dairy Industry 
Stabilization Act 1977 or to the credit of a relevant fund;

"Promotion Fund" means the Dairy Produce Promotion Fund established by
section 89;

"promotion levy" means the levy of that name imposed by the first Levy Act and
includes amounts of penalty (if any) payable under this Act in relation to
that levy;

"research levy" means the levy of that name imposed by the first Levy Act and
includes amounts of penalty (if any) payable under this Act in relation to
that levy;

"relevant fund" means the Market Support Fund, the Industry Fund,
Supplementary Fund or the Promotion Fund;

"second Levy Act" means the Dairy Produce Levy (No. 2) Act 1986;

"Selection Committee" means the Australian Dairy Corporation Selection
Committee established by section 28;

"Supplementary Fund" means the Dairy Produce Supplementary Market Support Fund
established by section 103;

"supplementary market support payment" means a payment made under section  105
out of the Supplementary Fund.

(2) For the purposes of this Act-

   (a)  where the Chairperson is a man, he may be referred to as the Chairman;
        and

   (b)  where the Chairperson is a woman, she may be referred to as the
        Chairwoman.

(3) Subject to this Act, words and expressions used in this Act have the same
meaning as they have for the purposes of the first Levy Act.