National Trust Act 2006 (Tas)

National Trust Act 2006

An Act to establish the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) and for related purposes [Royal Assent 18 December 2006]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Trust Act 2006 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Administrator means an Administrator appointed under section 43 ; appointed director means a person appointed as an appointed director under section 12(3) or section 13 ; Board means the Board of Directors of the Trust; director means the managing director, an appointed director or an elected director; elected director means a person – (a) taken to be an elected director under section 12(4) ; or (b) elected as an elected director under section 13 ; initial Board means the initial Board of Directors referred to in section 12 ; initial managing director means the person appointed as the initial managing director under section 12 ; managing director means the initial managing director or the person appointed as managing director under section 14 ; members of the Trust has the meaning given by section 8 ; non-executive director means a director other than the managing director; rules means rules made and in force under section 42 ; special resolution means a resolution of the Board – (a) passed at a meeting of the Board of which not less than 21 days' written notice, specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution, has been duly given to all directors of the Board; and (b) passed by a majority of not less than three-quarters of the directors of the Board present and entitled to vote at the meeting; Trust means the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) continued under section 4 .