New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or
requires:
"Board" means the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales constituted
under this Act.
"Counsellor" means a counsellor appointed under this Act.
"Geographical name" means the name of a place, which name has, in accordance
with the provisions of this Act, been notified in the Gazette as a
geographical name, but does not include a name which has ceased to be a
geographical name under this Act.
"Lands Department map" means:
(a) in relation to any area within the Eastern and Central Division of New South Wales, as defined in the Crown Lands Act 1989 -a standard topographical map published before the commencement of this Act by or under the direction or control of the Department of Lands, for that area or, if there is no such standard topographical map for that area, a parish map, so published, which includes that area,
(b) in relation to any area within the Western Division of New South Wales, as defined in the Crown Lands Act 1989 -a standard topographical map, published before the commencement of this Act by or under the direction or control of the Department of Lands, for that area or, if there is no such standard topographical map for that area, the county map, so published, which includes that area, and
(c) in relation to Lord Howe Island-the map of Lord Howe Island published by the Department of Lands and dated 6 July 1962."Place" means any geographical or topographical feature or any area, district, division, locality, region, city, town, village, settlement or railway station or any other place within the territories and waters of the State of New South Wales but does not include any road, any area (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ) or area of operations of a county council (within the meaning of that Act), any electoral district or subdivision under the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912 , any school or any place or place within a class of places to which the provisions of this Act do not apply by virtue of the regulations.