(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
agreement—
(a) includes a deed, a contract, an agreement, an arrangement, and an understanding, whether oral or written, express or implied, and whether or not enforceable at law; and
(b) without limiting paragraph (a), includes a contract of service and a deed, contract, agreement, or arrangement creating or evidencing a trust
appointments panel means the panel convened under section 11
ARC means the Auckland Regional Council
ARH means Auckland Regional Holdings established by section 18
ARTA means the Auckland Regional Transport Authority established by section 7
Auckland local authority means ARC or an Auckland territorial authority
Auckland Regional Land Transport Fund means ARTA's land transport disbursement account
Auckland regional land transport system means land transport within the Auckland Region managed by Auckland local authorities, ARTA, and ARH
Auckland territorial authority means a territorial authority the district of which is wholly or partly in the Auckland Region
board, in relation to ARTA or ARH, means the board of directors of ARTA or ARH
employee has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Employment Relations Act 2000
Infrastructure Auckland means the corporation established by section 707ZZJ of the Local Government Act 1974
regional public transport plan has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Public Transport Management Act 2008
rights includes powers, privileges, interests, leases, licences, approvals, consents, designations, permissions, dispensations, authorisations, benefits, and equities of any kind, whether actual, contingent, or prospective
stormwater grant means a legally enforceable agreement to give money to be used for stormwater purposes
transport grant means a legally enforceable agreement to give money to be used for land transport purposes.
(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, activity, activity class, affected community, approved activity, approved organisation, balance of the fund, land transport, land transport disbursement account, land transport options and alternatives, land transport programme, national land transport fund, national land transport programme, public transport service, and regional land transport strategy, have the same meaning as in section 5 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.