New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAKE ILLAWARRA AUTHORITY ACT 1987 - SECT 5

5 Interpretation

(1) In this Act:
"Authority" means the Lake Illawarra Authority constituted by this Act.
"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority.
"development area" means the land described in Schedule 1, as extended or restricted under section 24.
"development works" means the works described in Schedule 2 and any additional works declared by the regulations to be development works for the purposes of this Act.
"Executive Officer" means the Executive Officer of the Authority.
"member" means a member of the Authority.
"public authority" means any public or local authority constituted by an Act other than this Act.

(2) In this Act:

(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and

(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.

(3) If the development area is extended under section 24, a reference in this Act (section 2 excepted) to the commencement of this Act shall, in relation to the additional area, be treated as a reference to the commencement of the day on which the notification extending the development area was published.