Attachment 3 - Charitable Status Documents

           Church means the Roman Catholic Church.
           Congregation Leader means the Congregation Leader of the Catholic religious
           institute known as the Congregation of Christian Brothers (previously known as the
           Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland) founded by Blessed Edmund Rice in
           Ireland in 1802.
           Committee Member means a member of a Committee established by the Board.
           Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 as amended and any statutory
           modification or re-enactment of it.
           Council means the members of the Association appointed by the Congregation Leader
           with the consent of his Council.
           Councillor means a member from time to time of the Council.
           Deputy Chair means the Board Member holding the office of Deputy Chair of the
           Board.
           Deputy President means the Councillor holding the office of Deputy President of the
           Association.
           Early Learning Centre means:
           (a)   in respect of Educational Bodies located in Victoria:
                 (i)     a not-for-profit approved education and care service (within the meaning of
                         the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 (Vic));
                 (ii)    which provides education and care to children, including a three or four year
                         old kindergarten program; and
                 (iii)   that operates as a feeder for enrolments to a School located in Victoria; and
           (b)   in respect of Educational Bodies located outside Victoria, a not-for-profit approved
                 education and care service which provides education and care to children
                 including children younger than the minimum compulsory school age.
           Educational Body means a School or Early Learning Centre owned, governed,
           managed and conducted by the Association and Educational Bodies has the
           corresponding meaning.
           EREA means Edmund Rice Education Australia being a public juridic person of
           Pontifical right constituted upon the petition of the Congregation Leader and approved
           by the Holy See.
           Executive Director means the person appointed by the Board pursuant to clause 8.
           Financial Plan means the documents establishing, from time to time, the current and
           future financial forecasts, including the budget and proposed loans and borrowings of
           the Association in accordance with good governance practices.
           Financial Year means the year ending on the 31st December.
           Formation means the response through baptism to nurturing spirituality, mission and
           ministry within the context of EREA.
           Foundations means the statement of the elements which underpin the continuance of
           the charism of Edmund Rice in school ministry as Church mission.
           Holy See means the central government of the Church.


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