Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00014:section:128u:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00014
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 128U (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 1301736–1304496

128U  Interpretation
 (1) In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:
Aboriginals Benefit Account means the Aboriginals Benefit Account continued in existence by section 62 of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.
distributing body means:
 (a) an Aboriginal Land Council established by or under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976;
 (b) a corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006; or
 (d) any other incorporated body that:
 (i) is established by or under provisions of a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory that relate to Indigenous persons; and
 (ii) is empowered or required (whether under that law or otherwise) to pay moneys received by the body to Indigenous persons or to apply such moneys for the benefit of Indigenous persons, either directly or indirectly.
mineral royalties means royalties payable in respect of the mining of minerals.
minerals means:
 (a) gold, silver, copper, tin and other metals;
 (b) coal, shale, petroleum (within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997) and valuable earths and substances;
 (c) mineral substances;
 (d) gems and precious stones; and
 (e) ores and other substances containing minerals;
whether suspended in water or not, and includes water.
miner's right means a miner's right or other authority issued or granted under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory relating to mining of minerals, being a right or authority that empowers the holders to take possession of, mine or occupy land or take any other action in relation to land for any purpose in connection with mining.
mining includes the obtaining of minerals from alluvial or surface deposits.
mining interests, in relation to any land, means any lease or other interest in the land (including a right to prospect or explore for minerals in or on the land) issued or granted under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory relating to mining of minerals.
mining payment means a payment made to a distributing body or made to, or applied for the benefit of, an Indigenous person or persons, being:
 (a) a payment made on or after 1 July 1979 and before the day that the Financial Management Legislation Amendment Act 1999 commenced, out of the Aboriginals Benefit Reserve to the extent that the payment represents money paid into the Aboriginals Benefit Reserve on or after 1 July 1979 in pursuance of subsection 63(2) or (4) of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976; and
 (aa) a payment made on or after the day that the Financial Management Legislation Amendment Act 1999 commenced by the Commonwealth in respect of a debit from the Aboriginals Benefit Account to the extent