Interpretation
3 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
agricultural land means land wholly or mainly used for agricultural or horticultural purposes, animal husbandry, or other similar purposes;
the Board means the Construction Industry
Training Board constituted under this Act;
building approval in respect of building or construction work, means building consent under section 102(1)(b) of the
Planning, Development and Infrastructure
Act 2016;
building or construction work—see
Schedule
1;
collection agency means a person or body appointed under section 19;
the Fund means the Construction Industry
Training Fund established under
Part
5;
government authority means—
the Crown; or
an agency or instrumentality of the Crown; or
a local council; or
a body, or body of a prescribed class, prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this definition;
local council means a council under the
Local Government Act 1999 and includes a subsidiary of a council under that Act;
project owner in respect of building and construction work, means—
in the case of a government project—the government authority responsible for delivering the project; or
in any other case—
the person or body (other than an employee) engaged to deliver (including through the use of one or more subcontractors) all, or substantially all, of the construction project; or
if at the time the levy under Part 4 is payable no such person or body has been engaged to deliver all, or substantially all, of the project—the person for whose direct benefit the building or construction work exists on its completion;
Training Plan means the Training Plan prepared by the Board under section 32, as in force from time to time.
The following constitute sectors of the building and construction industry for the purposes of this Act:
the housing sector;
the commercial sector;
the civil sector;
such other sectors (if any) as the regulations may prescribe.
A sector will be constituted by such parts of the building and construction industry as the regulations may prescribe.
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