"Chief Executive Officer" or
"CEO" means the person employed in the Public Service as the
Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.
"criminal or related proceedings" means any proceedings for an offence against
the environment protection legislation or any proceedings under Division 4 of
Part 8.2 and Part 8.4 of, or under Schedule 2A to, the Protection of the
Environment Operations Act 1997 .
"environment" means components of the earth, including--
(a) land, air and
water, and
(b) any layer of the atmosphere, and
(c) any organic or inorganic
matter and any living organism, and
(d) human-made or modified structures and
areas,
and includes interacting natural ecosystems that include components
referred to in paragraphs (a)-(c).
"environment protection" includes anything which furthers the objectives of
the Authority as set out in section 6.
"environment protection legislation" means the following Acts, and the
regulations and other instruments made under the following Acts--
(l) any other Act, or part
of an Act, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
Note--: A regulation prescribing an Act, or part of an Act, for the purposes
of paragraph (l) may only be made with the concurrence of the Minister
responsible for the administration of the Act or part--see section 3(1A).
"public authority" means a public or local authority constituted by or under
any Act and includes--
(a) a government department or administrative office,
and
(b) a member of staff or other person who exercises functions on behalf
of a public authority.
(1A) A regulation prescribing an Act, or part of an
Act, for the purposes of subsection 3(1), definition of
"environment protection legislation" , paragraph (l) may only be made with the
concurrence of the Minister responsible for administering the Act, or part, to
be prescribed.
(2) In this Act--
(a) a reference to a function includes a
reference to a power, authority, responsibility and duty, and
(b) a reference
to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a
reference to the performance of the duty.
(3) Notes included in this Act do
not form part of this Act.