Governor-General Act 2010

Provisions relating to remuneration, programme funding, and other payments concerning office of Governor-General - Preliminary provisions

4: Interpretation

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"What special words mean in this law"

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In this Act, you need to know what some words mean. An authorised person is someone who can make decisions under section 16 chosen by the Minister. The Minister is in charge of Ministerial Services and is chosen by the Prime Minister. A family member is someone's spouse or partner, or their child. The child must be under 18 years old and not living with someone else in a marriage or relationship. The child must also be being cared for by the person, either alone or with someone else. A financial year is the same as in the Public Finance Act 1989. A partner is someone in a civil union or de facto relationship with someone else.

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Part 1Provisions relating to remuneration, programme funding, and other payments concerning office of Governor-General
Preliminary provisions

4Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
authorised person means a person authorised to make decisions under section 16 by the Minister who, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is responsible for Ministerial Services
family member, in relation to any person, means—
1. a spouse or partner:
2. a child—
  1. who is being maintained as a member of the person's family; and
  2. in respect of whom the person either is the sole or principal provider of ongoing daily care for the child or shares ongoing daily care of the child substantially equally with another person; and
  3. who is under 18 years of age; and
  4. who is not living with another person in a marriage, civil union, or de facto relationship
financial year has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989
partner means a civil union or de facto partner.