New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WESTERN LANDS ACT 1901 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act, unless the context necessarily requires a different meaning, the expression:
"Approved form" means a form approved by the Minister under section 3A for the purposes of the provision of this Act in relation to which the expression is used.
"Assistant Commissioner" means an Assistant Western Lands Commissioner holding office as such under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 .
"Commissioner" means the Western Lands Commissioner holding office as such under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 .
"Crown land" has the same meaning as in the Crown Lands Act 1989 .
"Crown Lands Acts" has the same meaning as in the Crown Lands Act 1989 .
"Department" means the Department of Lands.
"Eastern and Central Division" has the same meaning as in the Crown Lands Act 1989 .
"Holding" has the same meaning as in the Crown Lands Act 1989 .
"Leased land" means land held under a lease granted or issued under this Act.
"Lessee" includes a purchaser who has paid the purchase money but has not registered a transfer.
"Local Land Board" means a local land board constituted under the Crown Lands Act 1989 .
"Mineral" means any mineral within the meaning of the Mining Act 1992 .
"Pastoral holding" means pastoral holding as defined by the Crown Lands Acts, and the terms "occupation licence", "preferential occupation licence", "scrub lease", "improvement lease", "homestead lease", "settlement lease", "special lease", "artesian well lease", "residential lease", and "lease of inferior lands", "homestead selections", and "homestead grants", shall in this Act have the same meanings as they have in such Acts.
"Western Division" has the same meaning as it has in the Crown Lands Act 1989 .

(2) Crown land shall not cease to be Crown land by reason only of the creation in respect of it of a folio of the Register kept under the Real Property Act 1900 in the name of “The State of New South Wales”.

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