means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia.

has the meaning given by subsection 191D(1).

means the

Aboriginal Development Commission Act 1980

.

means the body of customs, traditions, observances and beliefs of some or all of the Torres Strait Islanders living in the Torres Strait area, and includes any such customs, traditions, observances and beliefs relating to particular persons, areas, objects or relationships.

means property of every kind, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes:

(a) choses in action; and

means the Minister, the Chief Executive Officer or a member of the staff of the successor Commission authorised by the Minister in writing for the purposes of this Part.

or

corruption

means a contravention of subsection 198(1) or (2).

means the of this Act.

includes a Department of State, or authority, of the Commonwealth.

means the Federal of Australia.

:

(b) in relation to a TSRA ward—has the meaning given by section 142TA.

means a TSRA .

, in relation to a TSRA election, means the period:

(a) starting on the day when the Minister fixes a day or days for the polling in accordance with subsection 142Y(2); and

means a petition addressed to the Court under subclause 2(1).

means the Australian .

, in relation to the TSRA, means:

(a) 20; or

(b) if a notice under subsection 142R(1A) is in force—the number fixed by the notice.

, in relation to the Torres Strait area, means the number of persons living in that area set out in the most recent TSRA notice that includes such a number.

means the Minister who administers this Act.

, in relation to indigenous‐held land, means a person or body who holds an interest in the land, where the interest is relevant to determining the status of the land as indigenous‐held land.

means a loan for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) the erection or purchase of dwellings or the purchase of land on which dwellings are to be erected or situated;