AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION ACT 1975 No. 57 of 1975 - SECT 3 Interpretation.

AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION ACT 1975 No. 57 of 1975 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''Australia'' includes the external Territories to which this Act extends;

''authority of Australia'' does not include the Commission or a court, but
includes an authority of a Territory and all authorities and bodies (not being
companies or societies) established by or appointed under the laws of
Australia and of the Territories and also includes a company in which the
whole of the shares or stock, or shares and stock carrying more than one-half
of the voting power, is or are owned by or on behalf of Australia;

''Chairman'' means the Chairman of the Commission;

''Commission'' means the Commission established by this Act;

''conservation'', in relation to the national estate, includes protection,
maintenance and preservation, and ''conserve'' has a corresponding meaning;

''co-opted Commissioner'' means a person appointed under sub- section 21 (1)
to be a co-opted Commissioner;

''Department'' means a department of the Australian Public Service;

''Environment Protection Act'' means the Environment Protection (Impact of
Proposals) Act 1974-1975;

''improvement'', in relation to the national estate, includes the
restoration of places included in the national estate, and ''improve'' has a
corresponding meaning;

''place'' includes-

   (a)  a site, area or region;

   (b)  a building or other structure (which may include equipment, furniture,
        fittings and articles associated with or connected with such building
        or other structure), and

   (c)  a group of buildings or other structures (which may include equipment,
        furniture, fittings and articles associated with or connected with
        such group of buildings or other structures),

and, in relation to the conservation or improvement of a place, includes the
immediate surroundings of the place;

''presentation'', in relation to the national estate, includes-

   (a)  the exhibition or display of;

   (b)  the provision of access to; and

   (c)  the publication of information in relation to,

    places included in the national estate, and ''present'' has a
corresponding meaning;

''Register'' means the Register of the National Estate kept in pursuance of
this Act;

''representative Commissioner'' means a Commissioner referred to in paragraph
12 (1) (b);

''Territory'' means an internal Territory or an external Territory to which
this Act extends.

(2) In this Act, a reference to public notice is a reference to notice
published-

   (a)  in the Gazette;

   (b)  in a local newspaper, if any, circulating in the area concerned; and

   (c)  in each State and Territory, in a newspaper circulating throughout
        that State or Territory.