Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742:clause:3a_2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3A cl 2 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 1561847–1564638

2  Definitions
 (1) In this Schedule, unless the contrary intention appears:
Aboriginal person means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia.
Attorney‑General's Department means the Department administered by the Attorney‑General.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes all of the external Territories.
Note: Australia has a different meaning in this Schedule from the meaning it has elsewhere in this Act.
Australian national means:
 (a) an Australian citizen; or
 (b) a body corporate established by, or under, a law of:
 (i) the Commonwealth; or
 (ii) a State; or
 (iii) a Territory; or
 (c) the Commonwealth; or
 (d) a State; or
 (e) a Territory.
Australian ship means a ship other than a foreign ship.
Australian waters means:
 (a) the waters of the territorial sea of Australia; and
 (b) the waters of the exclusive economic zone of Australia; and
 (c) the sea above that part of the continental shelf of Australia that is beyond the limits of the exclusive economic zone.
Note: Australia, when used in this definition, includes all of the external territories.
business day means a day on which the ACMA is open for business in both:
 (a) Victoria; and
 (b) the Australian Capital Territory.
cetacean has the same meaning as in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
coastal waters:
 (a) of a State, means that part of the sea that is included in the coastal waters of the State within the meaning of the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980; and
 (b) of the Northern Territory, means that part of the sea that is included in the coastal waters of the Territory within the meaning of the Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980.
Commonwealth marine area has the same meaning as in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Commonwealth regulatory approval, in relation to the installation of a submarine cable or cables, means an approval (however described) that:
 (a) relates to the installation of the cable or cables; and
 (b) is required under:
 (i) the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; or
 (ii) any other law of the Commonwealth (other than this Schedule).
conduct means an act, an omission to perform an act or a state of affairs.
declared Ramsar wetland has the same meaning as in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
declared World Heritage property has the same meaning as in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
domestic submarine cable means that part of a line link (within the meaning of section 30):
 (a) that is laid on or beneath the seabed that lies beneath Australian waters; and
 (b) that is laid for purposes that include connecting a place in Australia with another place in Australia