Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02279:section:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02279
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3
Character Range: 1019–2132

3  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act:
authority of the Commonwealth includes all authorities and bodies (other than companies or societies) established by or appointed under the laws of the Commonwealth and also includes a company in which the whole of the shares or stock, or shares or stock carrying more than half of the voting power, is or are owned by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, but does not include the Northern Territory.
coastal waters of the Territory has the same meaning as that expression has in the Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980.
prescribed substances means substances that were prescribed substances within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act 1953 immediately before the date of commencement of this Act.
Territory means the Northern Territory of Australia.
 (2) In this Act, so far as the context admits, a reference to the sea‑bed beneath the coastal waters of the Territory shall be read as including a reference to the subsoil (including all minerals other than prescribed substances) beneath that sea‑bed and to structures or other things attached to that sea‑bed.