Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00551:section:3:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00551
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 11840–14460

which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest;
 (d) a person who, or persons each of whom, is a person to whom this Act applies by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(b).
indigenous to the Antarctic includes occurring in the Antarctic through natural agencies of dispersal.
inspector means:
 (a) a person appointed as an inspector under section 13; or
 (b) a person referred to in section 14.
interfere has a meaning affected by subsection (7).
land:
 (a) when used as a verb in relation to an aircraft, includes to cause the aircraft to alight on water; and
 (b) when used as a noun, includes ice.
Madrid Protocol means the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, a copy of the English text of which (apart from Annex IV to it) is set out in Schedule 3, being the Protocol done, and opened for signature, at Madrid on 4 October 1991 to which, in accordance with Recommendation XVI‑10 adopted by the XVIth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting at Bonn on 18 October 1991, the Annex attached to that Recommendation has been added as Annex V to the Protocol.
mineral means any non‑living, non‑renewable natural resource.
mining activity means an activity carried on for, or in connection with, the recovery or exploitation of minerals (including prospecting and exploring for minerals), but does not include an activity that is necessary for scientific investigation or scientific research within the meaning of the Treaty.
native bird means:
 (a) a member, at any stage of its life cycle (including an egg, part of an egg and an eggshell), of any species of bird that is indigenous to the Antarctic; or
 (b) a dead bird, or any part of a dead bird, of any species referred to in paragraph (a).
native invertebrate means any terrestrial or fresh water invertebrate, at any stage of its life cycle, indigenous to the Antarctic.
native plant means any kind of vegetation, at any stage of its life cycle (including seeds), indigenous to the Antarctic.
native seal means:
 (a) a member, at any stage of its life cycle, of any species of seal that is indigenous to the Antarctic; or
 (b) a dead seal, or any part of a dead seal, of a species mentioned in paragraph (a).
organism includes:
 (a) a living organism at any stage of its life cycle; and
 (b) an organism that was once alive, but is now dead; and
 (c) a reproductive propagule of a living organism; and
 (d) an article containing or infected by a virus or bacterium.
permit means a permit in force under Part 2 of this Act.
plant includes a native plant.
property means property of any description and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,