South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires—
"boat" means every vessel not a ship as herein defined which is used in
navigation in any inland water or any port, whether propelled by oars or
otherwise;
"the Director" means—
(a) the
person for the time being holding, or acting in, the office of the Chief
Executive Officer of the Department of the Minister to whom the administration
of this Act is committed; or
(b) any
other person directed by the Minister to exercise the powers of the Director
under this Act;
"explosive" means—
(a)
gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, all compounds and mixtures containing
nitro-glycerine, gun-cotton, blasting powder, fulminate of mercury or of other
metal, coloured fires, and every other substance, whether similar to those
abovementioned or not, used or manufactured with a view to produce a practical
effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effect; and
(b)
fog-signals, fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion caps, detonators,
cartridges, ammunition of all descriptions, and every adaptation of
preparation of an explosive as above defined;
"factory" means a factory duly licensed for the manufacture of any explosives;
"inspector" means a police officer or a person appointed as an inspector of
explosives under section 9;
"licensed magazine" means a magazine in respect of which a licence is in force
under section 21 of this Act;
"licensed premises" means premises in respect of which a licence is in force
under section 22 of this Act;
"magazine" includes any hulk appointed for the storage of explosives;
"magazine-keeper" means the person in charge of any Government magazine;
"master" includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of a
ship, and when used in reference to any boat belonging to a ship means the
master of the ship, and when used in reference to any other boat includes
every person having command or charge of the boat;
"Minister" means the Minister of the Crown to whom for the time being the
administration of this Act is committed by the Governor;
"port" includes harbour, haven, roadstead, channel, and navigable creek,
river, or lake;
"prescribed quantity of any explosive" means the quantity of any particular
kind of explosive or of several different kinds prescribed by regulation for
the purposes of the section in which the expression is used;
"ship" includes every description of vessel used in sea navigation, whether
propelled by oars or otherwise;
"vehicle" includes any carriage, wagon, cart, truck, vehicle, or other means
of conveying goods or passengers by land in whatever manner the same may be
propelled.