New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WILD DOG DESTRUCTION ACT 1921 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) Unless the context otherwise requires:
"Authorised person" means a person authorised by the Commissioner or the board.
"Board" means the Wild Dog Destruction Board constituted under this Act.
"Commissioner" means the Western Lands Commissioner holding office as such under Part 2 of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 .
"Dog-proof fence" means a fence which is sufficient for the exclusion of wild dogs.
"Occupier" means person entitled for the time being to possession of land, and includes the resident manager where the occupier does not reside on the land.
"Owner" includes:

(a) the holder, or the holder subject to mortgage, of any lease or licence, or promise of any lease or licence, from the Crown, and

(b) a person to whom the Crown has contracted to sell land under the Crown Lands Acts, and

(c) persons for the time being in the authorised charge or possession of land.

"Queensland Border Fence" means the fence known by that name and erected on or near the northern border of New South Wales and extending from or near the western border of New South Wales at its junction with the said northern border for approximately 349 kilometres easterly to a point approximately 16 kilometres east of Hungerford, other than such portion of the fence as may, from time to time, be determined by the board and notified in the Gazette.
"Scalp" means:

(a) a portion of the skin of a wild dog from the point of the nose to the tip of the tail including both ears, or

(b) such other portion of the skin as may, from time to time, be determined by the board and notified in the Gazette.

"South Australian Border Fence" means the fence known by that name and erected on or near the western border of New South Wales and extending from or near the northern border of New South Wales at its junction with the said western border for approximately 257 kilometres southerly, other than such portion of the fence as may, from time to time, be determined by the board and notified in the Gazette.
"Western Division" means the Western Division within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1989 .
"Wild dog" includes any dingo or native dog, or any dog which has become wild, or any dog which apparently has no owner and is not under control.

(2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.