New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NON-INDIGENOUS ANIMALS ACT 1987 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"advisory committee" means the Non-Indigenous Animals Advisory Committee constituted by this Act.
"animal" means a non-human vertebrate animal, being a mammal, bird, reptile or amphibian, and includes the eggs or semen, or other living stage, of any such animal.
"authorised officer" means a person authorised by the Director-General to exercise the functions of an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act and the regulations.
"controlled category" means a category of animals identified under section 6 as a controlled category.
"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture.
"higher-risk category" means a category of animals identified under section 6 as a higher-risk category.
"importation", in relation to an animal, means:

(a) the bringing of the animal into the State from another State or Territory of the Commonwealth or from a place outside Australia, or

(b) the bringing of the animal from any place in the State where it is confined, in accordance with any law relating to quarantine or to the importation of animals into Australia, to another place in the State where it is not so confined.

"licence" means a licence in force under this Act.
"licensed accommodation" means the premises, vehicle or other accommodation specified in a licence or in a condition of a licence as the accommodation to be provided for animals kept under the authority of the licence.
"lower-risk category" means a category of animals identified under section 6 as a lower-risk category.
"non-indigenous animal" means an animal not native to Australia before European settlement.
"permit" means a permit in force under this Act.
"premises" includes any land or place (whether built upon or not) and any part of any land or place.
"regulations" means regulations under this Act.
"vehicle" means any road or rail vehicle or trailer or any aircraft or watercraft.

(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, if the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.