Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts4. Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
aircraft means a machine or apparatus that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air or from buoyancy, and includes a glider or hang-glider, but does not include a vehicle designed to be supported on a cushion of air.
approved means approved by the Minister.
archaeological object means a relic pertaining to the past occupation by Aboriginal or Macassan people of any part of Australia which is now in the Northern Territory, being:
(a) an artifact or thing of any material given shape to by man;
(b) a natural portable object of any material sacred according to Aboriginal tradition;
(c) human or animal skeletal remains; or
(d) such objects, or objects of a class of objects, as are prescribed;
but does not include an artifact made for the purposes of sale or an object, or objects of a class of objects, excluded by the Regulations from the ambit of this definition.
archaeological place means a place pertaining to the past occupation by Aboriginal or Macassan people that has been modified by the activity of such people and in or on which the evidence of such activity exists, and includes such places, or place of a class of places, as are prescribed, but does not include a place, or a place of a class of places, excluded by the Regulations from the ambit of this definition.
conservation management plan means a conservation management plan brought into operation under section 31.
Council means the Heritage Advisory Council established by section 7.
Director means the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act , primarily responsible to the Minister for the administration of this Act.
heritage agreement means an agreement entered into in pursuance of section 36.
heritage assessment criteria means criteria prescribed in the Regulations for the assessment of places or objects to be recommended for declaration under Part 4 as heritage places or heritage objects.
heritage object means an object declared under section 26 to be a heritage object.
heritage officer means a heritage officer appointed under section 41, the Director or a member of the Police Force.
heritage place means a place in the Territory (whether or not covered by water) declared under section 26 to be a heritage place.
interim conservation order means an interim conservation order made under section 28.
occupier does not include a person in occupation as a guest or as a tenant where the term of the tenancy is for a period of less than 3 months.
place includes an area.
premises includes land.
Register means the Register kept in pursuance of section 16.
this Act includes the Regulations.
vehicle includes a vehicle designed to be supported on a cushion of air.
vessel means a ship, boat, raft or pontoon or any other thing capable of carrying persons or goods through or on water, but does not include a vehicle designed to be supported on a cushion of air.
(2) Where in this Act the expression Default penalty appears at the foot of a section or subsection, a person who has been found guilty of an offence against that section or subsection is guilty of a further offence against this Act if the offence continues after the person has been so found guilty and is punishable, on being found guilty of the further offence, by a penalty not exceeding the amount of the default penalty specified after that expression for each day during which the offence continues.