Mortgagors and Lessees Rehabilitation Act 1936 [Full Act]

Preliminary
Interpretation

Guarantor means a person who has [guarantee]d the performance by the mortgagor or lessee, as the case may be, or by any other person of any covenant, condition, or agreement expressed or implied in a mortgage or lease, whether the guarantee is expressed in the mortgage or lease or in any other instrument; and includes any person (not being the mortgagor or lessee, as hereinafter defined) who is liable under the provisions of the mortgage or lease, or against whom any person has a legal or equitable right of indemnity in respect of any liabilities under the mortgage or lease; and guarantee has a corresponding meaning

Residential Tenancies Act 1986 [Full Act]

Interpretation

guarantor, in relation to a tenancy, means a person who [guarantee]s the performance of the tenant’s obligations, or who indemnifies the landlord against loss that he or she may incur in respect of the tenancy, or who assumes liability for the performance of the obligations of the tenant, and guarantee has a corresponding meaning

Credit (Repossession) Act 1997 [Full Act]

Preliminary
Interpretation

for the other purposes of this Act,—

(i)

means a person who guarantees the performance of a debtor’s obligations under a security agreement, or who indemnifies a creditor against loss which he or she may incur in respect of a security agreement, or who assumes liability for performing the obligations of a debtor under a security agreement; but

(ii)

does not include a person who is the vendor of the consumer goods comprised in or subject to a security agreement:

(iii)

does not include a person who executes or enters into a guarantee in the ordinary course of a business carried on by him or her,—

and [guarantee] has a corresponding meaning

Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2010 [Full Act]

Amendments to principal Act
Interpretation

guarantor, in relation to a tenancy, means a person who [guarantee]s the performance of the tenant’s obligations, or who indemnifies the landlord against loss that he or she may incur in respect of the tenancy, or who assumes liability for the performance of the obligations of the tenant, and guarantee has a corresponding meaning