PNGAA Rules:
Rule 1: Definitions
 

(1)  In these Rules unless the contrary intention appears:

“association” means Papua New Guinea Association of Australia, Inc.
“committee” means the Management Committee of the association.
“Director-General” means the Director-General of the Office of Fair Trading.
“financial year of the association” means a period of 12 months commencing on 1 January and finishing on 31 December.
“former services” means the previous public services in Papua New Guinea established by or under the following Acts of the Commonwealth of Australia as amended from time to time:

    1. The Papua Act 1905 and the Public Service Ordinance 1907   (Papua),
    2. The New Guinea Act 1920 and the Public Service Ordinance 1922 (New Guinea),
    3. The Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act 1945, and the Public Service Ordinance 1949, and
    4. The Papua New Guinea Act 1949 and the Public Service (Papua and New Guinea) Ordinance 1963;

“member” means a person or entity described in Rule 4 who has been admitted to membership of the association;
“principal place of administration” means the residence of the public officer or such other place as is determined at a general meeting of the association.
“secretary” means:

    1. the person holding office under these Rules as secretary of the association; or
    2. if no such person holds that office - the public officer of the association;

“special general meeting” means a general meeting of the association other than an annual general meeting;
“the Act” means the Associations Incorporation Act 2009, as amended;
“the Regulation” means the Associations Incorporation Regulation 2010, as amended.
“treasurer” means the person holding office under these Rules as treasurer of the association.

(2)  In these Rules:

  1. a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty; and
  2. a reference to the exercise of a function includes, if the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.
  3. The provisions of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply to and in respect of these Rules in the same manner as those provisions would so apply if these Rules were an instrument made under the Act