Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00547:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00547
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 4095–6819

4  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
adjacent area means an adjacent area in respect of a State or affected Territory ascertained in accordance with section 5 and, in relation to a State or affected Territory, means the adjacent area in respect of that State or Territory.
Note: This Act applies as described in section 11A in relation to the Greater Sunrise special regime area as if that area were part of the adjacent area in respect of the Northern Territory.
affected Territory means a Territory other than:
 (a) the Australian Capital Territory; or
 (b) the Jervis Bay Territory.
aircraft means a machine or apparatus that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions from the air or from buoyancy.
Australian aircraft means:
 (a) an aircraft that is owned, possessed or controlled by:
 (i) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
 (ii) an authority of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
 (b) an aircraft that is registered in Australia.
Australian national means:
 (a) an Australian citizen; or
 (b) a corporation incorporated in Australia or an external Territory.
Australian permanent resident means a person who:
 (a) is not an Australian citizen; and
 (b) holds a permanent visa under the Migration Act 1958; and
 (c) is domiciled in Australia or an external Territory.
Australian vessel means:
 (a) a vessel that is owned, possessed or controlled by:
 (i) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
 (ii) an authority of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
 (b) a vessel that is registered in Australia; or
 (c) a vessel that is flying the Australian flag.
brought into physical contact, in relation to a sea installation in relation to the seabed, has the meaning given by subsection 6(5).
construct, in relation to a sea installation, includes assemble and fit out.
continental shelf has the same meaning as in the Petroleum Act.
environment includes all aspects of the surroundings of a natural person, whether affecting the person as an individual or in the person's social groupings.
environment related activity means any activity relating to:
 (a) tourism or recreation;
 (b) the carrying on of a business;
 (c) exploring, exploiting or using the living resources of the sea, of the seabed or of the subsoil of the seabed, whether by way of fishing, pearling, oyster farming, fish farming or otherwise;
 (d) marine archaeology; or
 (e) a prescribed purpose;
and includes a scientific activity and a transport activity.
excluded dumping vessel means any vessel that is engaged in a sea voyage or in any activity at sea relating solely to the dumping at sea or to the incineration at sea of waste or other matter which the vessel is