Civil Judgments Enforcement Act 2004

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

assistant bailiff means a person who holds an appointment under section 108 as an assistant bailiff;

available debt has the meaning given by section 46;

bailiff means a person who holds an appointment under section 107 as a bailiff;

corporation has the meaning given by section 57A of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;

court has a meaning affected by sections 5 and 9;

debt appropriation order means an order made under section 49(2);

default inquiry means an inquiry held under Part 4 Division 8;

deputy sheriff means a deputy appointed by the sheriff under the Supreme Court Act 1935 section 158;

dwelling means —

and it does not matter that it is uninhabited from time to time;

earnings has the meaning given by section 4;

earnings appropriation order means an order made under section 35(2);

enforcement costs, of a judgment, means —

enforcement officer means the sheriff, a deputy sheriff, a bailiff, an assistant bailiff, or a person appointed under section 112;

instalment order means an order made under section 33(2);

interpleader proceedings means proceedings held under Part 4 Division 4;

judgment means —

judgment creditor means a person who is entitled to the benefit of a monetary judgment, including a person to whom the benefit of a monetary judgment has passed (by assignment or any other way);

judgment debt means the unpaid amount of any of the following —

judgment debtor means any person against whom a monetary judgment has been given or may be enforced;

judgment sum means the amount of money ordered to be paid under a monetary judgment, whether or not the money is or includes costs or pre‑judgment interest;

means inquiry means an inquiry held under Part 4 Division 2;

mobile home means a vehicle —

monetary judgment means a judgment or an order of a court that requires or has the effect of requiring a person to pay money, whether or not the judgment or order contains any other requirements;

officer, of a corporation, has the meaning given by section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;

partnership means a partnership within the meaning of the Partnership Act 1895 or an unincorporated company or association formed for the purposes of gain;

personal property does not include any estate or interest in land;

place means any land, building, structure, tent or vehicle, or any part of any land, building, structure, tent or vehicle;

property (seizure and delivery) order means an order made under section 95(2);

property (seizure and sale) order means an order made under section 59(2);

real property includes a leasehold and any other estate or interest in land;

record means any thing or process —

whether or not the use or assistance of some electronic, electrical, mechanical, chemical or other device or process is required to recover or convey the information or meaning;

saleable interest, in real or personal property, has the meaning given by section 74(1) or 80(1), as the case requires;

sheriff means the sheriff referred to in the Supreme Court Act 1935 section 156;

suspension order means an order made under section 15(3);

time for payment order means an order made under section 32(2);

vehicle means any thing capable of transporting people or things by road, rail or water, including a hovercraft, and it does not matter how the thing is moved or propelled.