Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"adjoining", in relation to land, includes land separated by a road, railway, creek or other watercourse or a stock route within the meaning of the Livestock Act .
"bush" includes trees, shrubs, bushes, plants, scrub, stubble, grass and undergrowth, whether alive or not and whether standing or not.
"Chairman" means, as the case requires, the Chairman of the Council or a Regional Committee appointed under section 18(a), and includes the Deputy Chairman of the Council or that Regional Committee, as the case may be.
"Chief Fire Control Officer" means the Chief Fire Control Officer appointed under section 9A(1).
"control", in relation to a fire, includes extinguish.
"Council" means the Bushfires Council established by section 6.
"Deputy Chairman" means, as the case requires, the Deputy Chairman of the Council or a Regional Committee appointed under section 18(b).
"Director" means the Director within the meaning of the Parks and Wildlife Commission Act .
"fire ban area" means the part of the Territory specified in a notice under section 43 that is in force.
"fire ban day" means a fire ban day declared under section 43.
"fire control officer" means a fire control officer appointed by or under section 11.
"fire control region" means a fire control region declared under section 10.
"fire danger area" means the part of the Territory specified in a notice under section 37 that is in force.
"fire danger period" means a fire danger period declared under section 37.
"fire protection zone" means a fire protection zone declared under section 33.
"fire warden" means a fire warden appointed by or under section 31.
"flammable material" includes:
(a) all substances or matter capable of ignition or combustion by the application of heat or fire, by means of a spark or flame or by spontaneous causes; and
(b) all substances or matter prescribed to be flammable material.
"land" includes water.
"member" means, as the case requires, a member of the Council or a member of a Regional Committee.
"occupier", in relation to land or a building, means a person having charge or control of the land or building and, in relation to land in respect of which a licence that is in force is held under the Crown Lands Act (other than a licence granted under section 91 of that Act), includes the holder of the licence.
"permit" means a permit issued under this Act.
"Regional Committee" means a Regional Bushfires Committee established by section 12.
"Senior Fire Control Officer" means a Senior Fire Control Officer appointed under section 9B(1).
"use a fire" includes:
(a) light a fire;
(b) cause a fire to be lit;
(c) maintain a fire; and
(d) do any act that is likely to result in spreading fire or causing a fire to occur.
(2) A reference in this Act to the giving of a public notice of an act is a reference to:
(a) publishing notice of that act in a newspaper printed and circulating; or
(b) broadcasting notice of that act between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock in the morning over a radio station transmitting on the medium wave band,
in the Territory or, where the act relates only to a part of the Territory, in that part.