Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts3. Definitions
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
agricultural development , in relation to land, means the development of the land for the purpose of cultivation or mixed farming and grazing and the use of the land for cultivation or mixed farming and grazing, and includes such other activities as are incidental or ancillary to that development or use of the land.
appropriate form , for an instrument, has the same meaning as in the Land Title Act .
condition , in relation to a lease, includes a covenant and a term.
Conservation Commission means the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory established by section 9(1) of the Conservation Commission Act .
covenant has the same meaning as in Division 4 of Part 9 of the Law of Property Act .
covenant in gross has the same meaning as in Division 4 of Part 9 of the Law of Property Act .
Crown lands means all lands of the Territory, including the bed of the sea within the territorial limits of the Northern Territory, and including an estate in fee simple that is registered in the name of the Territory, but does not include reserved or dedicated lands.
Darwin town area means the land described in the Schedule to the Darwin Lands Acquisition Act 1945 .
easement has the same meaning as in Division 2 of Part 9 of the Law of Property Act .
easement in gross has the same meaning as in Division 2 of Part 9 of the Law of Property Act .
improvements has the same meaning as in the Valuation of Land Act .
interest , in relation to Crown land, does not include a pastoral lease.
Land and Valuation Review Tribunal or The Tribunal means the Land and Valuation Review Tribunal established by the Valuation of Land Act .
land register has the same meaning as in the Land Title Act .
lease does not include a pastoral lease.
lease grant charges means the charges payable under section 30.
lessee includes the person to whom a lease passes, whether by transfer or devolution.
local government area means an area for which a council is constituted under the Local Government Act.
local government council means a council constituted under the Local Government Act .
pastoral lease has the same meaning as in the Pastoral Land Act .
rent means annual rental.
reserve price , in relation to the sale of, or an interest in, land, means the minimum amount payable, whether in one sum or by instalments, for the land or interest.
site for a town means an area surveyed as a town but not constituted and defined as a town.
Surveyor-General has the same meaning as in the Licensed Surveyors Act .
this Act includes the regulations made thereunder.
town means a town constituted and defined in accordance with this Act or in accordance with a law in force in the Territory before the commencement of this Act.
town lands means lands set apart as town lands under this Act or of a law in force in the Territory before the commencement of this Act.
unimproved value means unimproved capital value as defined in the Valuation of Land Act .
Valuer-General has the same meaning as in the Valuation of Land Act .