4Definitions

4 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984.

authorised person has the meaning given by subsection 6(5).

boundary line has the meaning given by item 1 of Schedule 1.

declared area means the area described in section 5 of this instrument.

Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94) means Australia’s current national datum system. A geodetic datum is a system of latitude and longitude coordinates and reference points that is used to locate places on the Earth.

MGA94 means the Map Grid of Australia, the standard map projection associated with GDA94. It is a ‘Cartesian coordinate system’ which uses eastings and northings rather than latitude/longitude, and in which the world is divided up into 60 zones for reference.

land includes soil and vegetation.

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, including the following:

(a) Aboriginal;
(b) area;
(c) significant Aboriginal area.