Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM AND MINERALS AUTHORITY ACT 1973 No. 43, 1974 - SECT 3

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



"approved bank" means a bank approved by the Treasurer;



"Australian continental land mass" means so much of the morphological unit of
which Australia forms part as comprises Australia and the part of that unit
surrounding Australia extending to the outer boundary of the continental
shelf, within the meaning of the Convention, adjacent to that coast, that is
to say-

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), to the foot of the continental rise or, in
        any place where there is no continental rise, to the foot of the
        continental slope; and

   (b)  in any place where the outer boundary of the continental shelf, within
        the meaning of the Convention, adjacent to the coast of Australia has,
        whether before or after the commencement of this Act, been determined
        by agreement between Australia and another country-to that boundary,

but does not include-

   (c)  Papua New Guinea; or

   (d)  a part of that morphological unit adjacent to Papua New Guinea
        declared by Proclamation to be excluded from the
        Australian continental land mass;



"Authority" means the Petroleum and Minerals Authority established by this
Act;



"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority, and includes a person acting
as the Chairman of the Authority;



"construction material" means sand, clay, stone, earth or gravel;



"Convention" means the Convention entitled "Convention on the Continental
Shelf" signed at Geneva on 29 April 1958;



"Executive Member" means the Executive Member of the Authority, and includes a
person acting as the Executive Member of the Authority;



"member" means a member of the Authority, and includes a person acting as a
member of the Authority;



"mineral" means a naturally occurring substance or mixture of substances
(other than petroleum);



"minerals exploration area" means an area on the Australian continental land
mass declared, by a notice under section 43 that is in force, to be a minerals
exploration area for the purposes of this Act;



"part-time member" means a member of the Authority appointed to be a
part-time member, and includes a person acting as a part-time member of the
Authority;



"petrochemical" means a substance, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid
state, but not being a petroleum product, manufactured from any of, or from a
mixture of any of, the following substances, that is to say, a petroleum
product, petroleum or a petroliferous mineral;



"petroleum" means-

   (a)  any naturally occurring hydrocarbon, whether in a gaseous, liquid or
        solid state;

   (b)  any naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons, whether in a gaseous,
        liquid or solid state; or

   (c)  any naturally occurring mixture of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbons,
        whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state, and one or more of the
        following, that is to say, hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, helium and
        carbon dioxide;



"petroleum exploration area" means an area on the Australian continental
land mass declared, by a notice under section 43 that is in force, to be a
petroleum exploration area for the purposes of this Act;



"petroleum pool" means a naturally occurring accumulation of petroleum;



"petroleum product" means-

   (a)  any hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons produced by subjecting
        petroleum to a process of refining or produced from
        petroliferous minerals; or

   (b)  any mixture of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbons so produced with another
        substance or other substances;



"petroliferous mineral" means any naturally occurring mineral from which any
hydrocarbon, whether in a gaseous, liquid or solid state, may be produced;



"pipeline" means a pipe or system of pipes for conveying petroleum or another
substance;



"refined substance" means a metal or another substance produced in the course
of, or as a result of, subjecting to a process or processes of refining a
metal or other substance obtained as a result of the treatment of minerals;



"Secretary" means the Secretary to the Department of Minerals and Energy;



"Territory" means an internal Territory.