Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
aquaculture has the same meaning as in the
Fish Resources Management Act 1994 ;
associated body , in relation to a nature reserve,
means a body in which the nature reserve is, by section 7(4), vested
jointly with the Conservation Commission or jointly with the Conservation
Commission and some other person;
biodiversity means the variability among living
biological entities and the ecosystems and ecological complexes of which those
entities are a part and includes —
(a)
diversity within native species and between native species;
(b)
diversity of ecosystems; and
(c)
diversity of other biodiversity components;
biodiversity components includes habitats,
ecological communities, genes and ecological processes;
CEO means the chief executive officer of the
Department;
commercial fishing has the same meaning as in the
Fish Resources Management Act 1994 ;
conservation and land management officer means an
officer of the Department designated as a conservation and land management
officer under section 45(1)(d);
Conservation Commission means the Conservation
Commission of Western Australia established by section 18;
conservation park has the meaning assigned to it
by sections 6(4) and 16B(3);
Department means the department of the Public
Service principally assisting in the administration of this Act;
Executive Body means the Conservation and Land
Management Executive Body established by section 36;
fauna means fauna for the time being within the
meaning of that term in the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 ;
firewood includes parts of trees of all species
made up into bundles, billets, or loads, or cut up in the manner it is usual
to cut wood for burning, and residue wood generally;
Fisheries Department means the Department for the
purposes of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 ;
flora means flora for the time being within the
meaning of that term in the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 ;
forest lease means a lease granted under
section 97;
forest officer means an officer of the Department
designated as a forest officer under section 45(1)(b);
forest produce includes trees, parts of trees,
timber, sawdust, chips, firewood, charcoal, gum, kino, resin, sap, honey,
seed, bees-wax, rocks, stone and soil but, subject to the foregoing, does not
in Division 1 of Part VIII include minerals within the meaning of the
Mining Act 1978 ;
forest products has the same meaning as it has in
the Forest Products Act 2000 ;
Forest Products Commission means the Forest
Products Commission established by the Forest Products Act 2000 ;
land includes —
(a)
tidal land;
(b)
tidal waters in any inlet, estuary, lagoon, river, stream or creek; and
(c) the
waters of any inlet, estuary, lake, lagoon or swamp or of any river, stream or
creek whether flowing continuously or intermittently;
Land Administration Minister means the Minister to
whom the administration of the Land Administration Act 1997 is committed;
management plan means a management plan approved
under section 60 or an indicative management plan approved under
section 14;
Marine Authority means the Marine Parks and
Reserves Authority established by section 26A;
Marine Committee means the Marine Parks and
Reserves Scientific Advisory Committee established by section 26F;
marine management area has the meaning assigned to
it by sections 6(6) and 16B(3);
marine nature reserve has the meaning assigned to
it by sections 6(6) and 16B(3);
marine park has the meaning assigned to it by
sections 6(6) and 16B(3);
marine reserve means a marine nature reserve, a
marine park or a marine management area;
member means a member of the Conservation
Commission, the Marine Authority or the Marine Committee;
Minister for Fisheries means the Minister to whom
the administration of the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 and the
Pearling Act 1990 is committed, or each of the Ministers to whom their
administration is committed;
Minister for Forest Products means the Minister to
whom the administration of the Forest Products Act 2000 is committed;
Minister for Mines means the Minister to whom
the administration of the Mining Act 1978 , the Petroleum and
Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 , the Petroleum (Submerged
Lands) Act 1982 and the Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969 is committed,
or each of the Ministers to whom their administration is committed;
Minister (Water Resources) means the Minister
administering the Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984 ;
national park has the meaning assigned to it by
sections 6(3) and 16B(3);
nature reserve has the meaning assigned to it by
sections 6(5) and 16B(3);
pearling activity means pearling or hatchery
activity within the meaning of the Pearling Act 1990 ;
public water catchment area means —
(a) land
which is reserved under Part 4 of the Land Administration Act 1997
for water supply purposes and the care, control and management of which are
placed with the Minister (Water Resources) under that Act;
(b) a
catchment area or water reserve constituted by order in council or
proclamation under —
(i)
the Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 ;
(ii)
the Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage
Act 1909 ; or
(iii)
the Water Boards Act 1904 ;
or
(c) an
Underground Water Pollution Control Area constituted by proclamation under the
Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1909 ;
ranger means an officer of the Department
designated as a ranger under section 45(1)(c);
recreational fishing has the same meaning as in
the Fish Resources Management Act 1994 ;
State forest has the meaning assigned to it by
sections 6(1) and 16B(3);
timber includes trees when they have fallen or
have been felled, and whether sawn, hewn, split or otherwise fashioned;
timber reserve has the meaning assigned to it by
sections 6(2) and 16B(3);
tree includes shrubs, bushes, seedlings, saplings,
and re-shoots of all kinds and of all ages;
wildlife officer means an officer of the
Department designated as a wildlife officer under section 45(1)(a).
[Section 3 amended by No. 113 of 1987
s. 32; No. 20 of 1991 s. 4; No. 49 of 1993 s. 4;
No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 5 of 1997 s. 4; No. 35 of 2000
s. 4; No. 74 of 2003 s. 39(2); No. 28 of 2006 s. 183;
No. 77 of 2006 s. 17; No. 35 of 2007 s. 92(2); No. 38 of 2007
s. 191(2).]