(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"APRA "means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.
"ASIC "means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
"ASIC delegate" means a person to whom, or a body to which, a function or power is delegated under section 102.
"assist", in relation to an ASIC delegate, means:
"Convenor" means the Convenor of CASAC.
" Corporations Act" means the Corporations Act 2001 and regulations made under that Act.
"corporations legislation "means:
"Deputy Chairperson" means the Deputy Chairperson of ASIC.
"Disciplinary Board" means the Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board.
"eligible employee" has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 1976 .
"eligible person", in relation to a person, means a person who:
"excluded provisions "means section 12A and Division 2 of Part 2.
"expenses", in relation to an investigation under Division 1 of Part 3, includes costs and expenses incurred in relation to a proceeding begun under section 50 as a result of the investigation.
"fail" means refuse or fail.
give has:
"House" means a House of the Parliament.
"information" has a meaning affected by section 6.
"international accounting standards" means accounting standards made by:
"Panel proceedings" means proceedings before the Panel on:
"power" includes an authority.
"prescribed" means prescribed by this Act or the regulations.
"President" means the President of the Panel.
"property" means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description and includes a thing in action and money.
"record", in relation to an examination, means the whole or a part of a record made under section 24 of statements made at the examination.
"regulations" means regulations made under this Act.
"report" includes an interim report.
(2) Subject to this Act, an expression has the same meaning in this Act as in the Corporations Act. (3) Except so far as the contrary intention appears in this Act, Parts 1.2 and 1.3 of the Corporations Act apply for the purposes of this Act as if the provisions of this Act were provisions of that Act.