Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

NORTHERN TERRITORY ABORIGINAL SACRED SITES 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 member" means a member of the Authority appointed from a panel of persons nominated by the Land Councils or as provided in section 6(6);

"Aboriginal tradition" has the same meaning as in the Land Rights Act ;

"Authority" means the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority established by section 5(1);

"Authority Certificate" means a certificate issued under section 22(1);

"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority and includes a member appointed under section 9(1) to act in the place of the Chairman;

"Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under section 15(1) and includes a person appointed under section 16 to act as the Chief Executive Officer while so acting;

"custodian", in relation to a sacred site, means an Aboriginal who, by Aboriginal tradition, has responsibility for that site and, in Part II, includes a custodian of any sacred site;

"land" includes land covered by water (including such land in the Territorial sea) and the water covering land;

"Land Council" has the same meaning as in the Land Rights Act ;

" Land Rights Act " means the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 of the Commonwealth as amended from time to time;

"member" means a member of the Authority and includes a person appointed under section 9(2) to act in the place of a member;

"Minister's Certificate" means a certificate issued under section 32(1)(b);

"owner", in relation to land, means a person having a legal or equitable proprietary interest in the land, including a mining tenement as defined in the Mining Act ;

"Register" means the Register of Sacred Sites kept in pursuance of section 10(d);

"repealed Acts" means the Acts and provisions repealed by section 50;

"sacred site" means a sacred site within the meaning of the Land Rights Act .