Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794:section:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 15635–18357

3  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
Aboriginal means a person who is a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation means a corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.
Aboriginal land means:
 (a) land held by a Land Trust for an estate in fee simple; or
 (b) land the subject of a deed of grant held in escrow by a Land Council.
Aboriginal people or Aboriginal person: see Aboriginal.
Aboriginal tradition means the body of traditions, observances, customs and beliefs of Aboriginals or of a community or group of Aboriginals, and includes those traditions, observances, customs and beliefs as applied in relation to particular persons, sites, areas of land, things or relationships.
Account means the Aboriginals Benefit Account continued in existence by section 62.
adult Aboriginal means an Aboriginal who has attained the age of 18 years.
alienated Crown land means Crown land in which a person (other than the Crown) has an estate or interest, but does not include land in a town.
approved entity means a body approved by the Minister:
 (a) under subsection 3AA(1) as an approved entity; or
 (b) under subsection 3AA(2) as an approved entity for an area of land.
area, in relation to a Land Council, means an area for which the Council is established under this Act.
Authority means an authority established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a law of the Northern Territory.
Commissioner means an Aboriginal Land Commissioner holding office under Part V.
Commonwealth Electoral Roll means the Rolls kept under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
community living area has the same meaning as in the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012.
community purpose means a purpose that is calculated to benefit primarily the members of a particular community or group.
conservation zone has the meaning given by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Crown Land means land in the Northern Territory that has not been alienated from the Crown by a grant of an estate in fee simple in the land, or land that has been so alienated but has been resumed by, or has reverted to or been acquired by, the Crown, but does not include:
 (a) land set apart for, or dedicated to, a public purpose under an Act; or
 (b) land the subject of a deed of grant held in escrow by a Land Council.
Director has the meaning given by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Electoral Commissioner has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
excludable matter means any of the following:
 (a) a matter relating to