Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsIn this Act unless the contrary intention appears:
"Aboriginal Land Council" means the Aboriginal Land Council established under section 21 of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 for the area that contains the particular area of land.
"aboriginal reserve" includes land which is reserved under a law in force in the Territory for the use and benefit of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Territory.
"agricultural" does not include horticultural.
"approved person" means:
(a) an aboriginal of or over the age of 18 years; or
(b) a company or a co-operative registered under the Co-operatives Act all the shares in which are beneficially owned by aboriginals.
"association" means an association incorporated under the Associations Act .
"Darwin Town Area" means the land described in the Schedule to the Darwin Lands Acquisition Act 1945 .
"improvements" means buildings, erections, structures and any works which are suitable to the land and, having been executed, add to the leasing value of the land, but does not include buildings, erections, structures or works paid for by the Commonwealth or the Territory and in respect of which the Commonwealth or the Territory has not received, and is not entitled to receive, payment from any person.
"lease" means a lease granted under this Act in accordance with the form prescribed under the Land Title Act .
"lessee" includes the person to whom a lease is granted, a person to whom a lease is transferred with the approval of the Minister and a person to whom a lease passes under a will or an intestacy.
"municipality" means a municipality constituted and in existence under the Local Government Act .
"reserve price", in relation to the right to be granted a lease of a parcel of land, means the minimum amount payable, whether in one sum or by instalments, for the right to be granted a lease of that parcel of land.
"right to a lease", in relation to a parcel of land, means right to be granted a lease of that parcel of land.
"special purpose" means any purpose other than a private residential purpose within a town, or a site for a town, within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act , a pastoral, agricultural or mining purpose.
"the Act" means the Land Title Act .
"the Gazette" means the Northern Territory Government Gazette .
"the Land and Valuation Review Tribunal" or "the Tribunal" means the Land and Valuation Review Tribunal established by the Valuation of Land Act .
"the Valuer-General" means the person for the time being holding, or performing the duties of, the office of Valuer-General under the Valuation of Land Act .
unimproved capital value has the same meaning as in the Valuation of Land Act .