Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

RURAL HOUSING (ASSISTANCE) ACT 1976 - SECT 3

3 .         Interpretation

                In this Act unless the context requires otherwise —

        “advance” means an advance made by an approved lending institution to an approved farmer for the purposes of this Act;

        “approved farmer” means a person in respect of whom a certificate under section 15 has been issued;

        “approved lending institution” means an institution or body appointed to be an approved lending institution under section 11;

        “Authority” means the Rural Housing Authority established under this Act;

        “Fund” means the Rural Housing Fund established under this Act;

        “guarantee” means a guarantee given pursuant to this Act by the Treasurer to an approved institution;

        “holding” means —

            (a)         land of which an approved farmer is the holder of the fee simple estate;

            (b)         land of which an approved farmer is the lessee —

                  (i)         under a pastoral lease granted under Part 7 of the Land Administration Act 1997 ; or

                  (ii)         under any other lease granted under that Act and on which the approved farmer conducts activities related to primary production;

                or

            (c)         land of which an approved farmer is the lessee under a perpetual lease granted for the purposes of the scheme as defined in section 4 of the War Service Land Settlement Scheme Act, 1954 ;

        [(d)                 deleted]

        “section” means section of this Act.

        [Section 3 amended by No. 12 of 1978 s.2; No. 54 of 1986 s.2; No. 31 of 1997 s.80.]