ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 118 Interpretation

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 118

118. In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:

"aircraft" means a machine or apparatus that can derive support in the
atmosphere from the reactions of the air or from buoyancy, but does not
include a hovercraft;

"animal" means any member, alive or dead, of the animal kingdom (other than a
human being), and includes:

   (a)  eggs or parts of eggs; and

   (b)  the skin, feathers, horns, flesh or any other part of such an animal;

"article" includes a substance or a mixture of substances;

"Australian aircraft" means an aircraft that is in Australian control or is
registered under the Air Navigation Regulations as an Australian aircraft;

"Australian national" means:

   (a)  an Australian citizen; or

   (b)  a body corporate established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or
        of a State or Territory;

"Australian vessel" means a vessel that is registered under the Shipping 
Registration Act 1981 ;

"foreign vessel" means a vessel other than an Australian vessel;

"hovercraft" means a vehicle designed to be supported on a cushion of air;

"identity card" in relation to an officer who is not a member of a police
force, means an identity card issued to the officer under:

   (a)  section 39 of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975;
        or

   (b)  section 45 of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975;

"in Australian control" means in the control or possession of one or more of
any of the following:

   (a)  the Commonwealth (including an arm of the Defence Force) or a State or
        Territory;

   (b)  a corporation established for a public purpose by or under a law of
        the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory;

   (c)  a company or other body corporate incorporated under a law of a State
        or Territory, being a company or other body corporate in which the
        Commonwealth has a controlling interest;

"officer" means a person who is:

   (a)  a warden for the purposes of the National Parks and Wildlife 
        Conservation Act 1975 ; or

   (b)  an inspector for the purposes of the
        Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act  1975 , other than a person who may
        only exercise powers under Part VIIA of that Act;

"plant" means any member, alive or dead, of the plant kingdom or of the fungus
kingdom, and includes seeds and parts of a plant;

"seize" includes secure against interference;

"vehicle" includes a hovercraft;

"vessel" means a ship, boat, raft or pontoon or any other thing capable of
carrying persons or goods through or on water, but does not include a
hovercraft.