Interpretation
2 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
the Farmers Assistance Fund or the Fund means the Fund kept at the Treasury and entitled "the Farmers Assistance Fund";
natural calamity means drought, fire, flood, frost, animal or plant disease, insect plague, or other natural calamity;
rural liquidity means the total amount of money that primary producers have available to spend;
small rural business means a business—
that relies wholly or mainly on transactions with primary producers; and
of which the proprietor is—
a natural person; or
a proprietary company of which each shareholder is a natural person who actively participates in carrying on the business or a close relative of such a person.
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