Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND ACT - SECT 3

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears -

"Aboriginal" means a person who is a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia;

"Aboriginal land" has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth;

"Aboriginal tradition" has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth;

"Aboriginal Land Commissioner" means the Aboriginal Land Commissioner established by the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth;

"Act" includes an Act of the Commonwealth;

"closed seas" means seas closed by notice published in the Gazette under section 12;

"Land Council" means an Aboriginal Land Council established by or under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth;

"Land Trust" means an Aboriginal Land Trust established under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth;

"road" means that part of the land within the boundaries of Aboriginal land described in Schedule 1 of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth, the title to which has been granted under section 12 of that Act to a Land Trust, in respect of which -

(a) in pursuance of section 12AA(1) of that Act, agreement has been reached between a Land Council and the Territory; or

(b) in pursuance of section 12AB(1) of that Act, a declaration has been made by the Supreme Court,

that the part of the land is -

(c) land on which there was, at the time of commencement of section 3 of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth a road over which the public had, at that time, a right of way; or

(d) land on which there was, at the time of the execution of the deed of grant issued under section 12 of that Act, a road over which the public had, at that time, a right of way;

"traditional Aboriginal owners" has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth.