(1) In this
Division—
"associate" of a person means—
(a) a
relative of the person or of the person's spouse or domestic partner; or
(b) a
body corporate where the person or a relative of the person or of the person's
spouse or domestic partner has, or 2 or more such persons together have, a
relevant interest or relevant interests in shares in the body corporate the
nominal value of which is not less than 10 per cent of the nominal
value of the issued share capital of the body corporate; or
(c) a
trustee of a trust of which the person, a relative of the person or of the
person's spouse or domestic partner or a body corporate referred to in
paragraph (b) is a beneficiary; or
(d) an
employee, employer or partner of the person; or
(e) a
person declared by the regulations to be an associate of the other person for
the purposes of this Division;
"beneficiary" of a trust includes an object of a discretionary trust;
"domestic partner" means a person who is a domestic partner within the meaning
of the Family Relationships Act 1975 , whether declared as such under
that Act or not;
"eligible transferee", in relation to an authority to be transferred, means a
person who—
(a) is
not disqualified, or liable to disqualification, under this Act from holding
or obtaining an authority; and
(b) is
not an associate of the holder of the authority;
"expiate" includes pay the amount payable in connection with an infringement
notice or penalty notice issued under a law of another State in respect of an
alleged offence;
"relative" of a person means the spouse, domestic partner, parent or remoter
linear ancestor, son, daughter or remoter issue or brother or sister of the
person;
"relevant interest" has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001 of
the Commonwealth;
"spouse"—a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married.
(2) In this Division,
a reference to an offence committed by a person includes a reference to an
offence allegedly committed by a person that the person has expiated.