3Interpretation

### 3 Interpretation > In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –[*\[Section 3 Amended by No. 25 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:21 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-21/act-2005-025#GS4@Hpa@EN) > > > [*\[Section 3 Amended by No. 25 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:21 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-21/act-2005-025#GS4@Hpa@EN) ***Aboriginal land*** means – > > > > > > (a) land vested in the Council under [section 27(1)](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-098#GS27@Gs1@EN) ; or > > > > > > > (b) any land declared by the Minister to be Aboriginal land under [section 35A](#GS35A@EN) ; > > > [*\[Section 3 Amended by No. 25 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:21 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-21/act-2005-025#GS4@Hpa@EN) ***Aboriginal person*** means a person specified in [section 3A](#GS3A@EN) ; > > > ***burdening rights***, in relation to land, includes rights, conditions or covenants relating to that land, whether registered or unregistered, legal or registrable, created or implied or existing or capable of existing; > > > ***Cape Barren Island group*** means Cape Barren Island, Long Island, Preservation Island, Passage Island, Forsyth Island, Clarke Island, Badger Island and Mount Chappell Island; > > > ***certificate of election*** means a certificate issued under [section 16](#GS16@EN) [(1)](#GS16@Gs1@EN) ; > > > ***Council*** means the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania established under [section 5](#GS5@EN) ; > > > ***electoral area*** means any of the following: > > > > > > (a) the south region; > > > > > > > (b) the north region; > > > > > > > (c) the north-west region; > > > > > > > (d) the Flinders Island group; > > > > > > > (e) the Cape Barren Island group; > > > [*\[Section 3 Amended by No. 53 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Feb 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-02-16/act-2004-053#JS1@Ja1@GC1@EN) ***Electoral Commissioner*** means the Electoral Commissioner appointed under [section 14 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-051#GS14@EN) [Electoral Act 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-051) ; > > > [*\[Section 3 Amended by No. 25 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:21 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-21/act-2005-025#GS4@Hpb@EN) ***eligible elector***, in relation to an electoral area, means a person whose name is entered on the Roll for an address within that area at the time and date fixed by the Electoral Commissioner under [section 12(2)](#GS12@Gs2@EN) for the relevant election; > > > ***estate***, in relation to land, includes all easements, licences, leases, rights of occupation or possession, habitual access or other burdening rights relating to that land; > > > ***Flinders Island group*** means Flinders Island and all islands, except Long Island, Badger Island and Mount Chappell Island, to the north of Cape Barren Island in the Flinders municipal area; > > > ***local Aboriginal group***, in relation to an area of Aboriginal land, means an Aboriginal group nominated by the Council for that area; > > > ***north region*** means that part of the State comprising the city of Launceston and the municipal areas of Break O'Day, Dorset, George Town, Meander Valley, Northern Midlands and West Tamar; > > > ***north-west region*** means that part of the State comprising the cities of Burnie and Devonport and the municipal areas of Central Coast, Circular Head, Kentish, King Island, Latrobe, Waratah-Wynyard and West Coast; > > > [*\[Section 3 Amended by No. 25 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:21 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-21/act-2005-025#GS4@Hpc@EN) ***Preliminary Roll*** means the Preliminary Roll prepared under [section 10(2A)](#GS10@Gs2A@EN) ; > > > ***Register*** means the register of title to land referred to in [section 33 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019#GS33@EN) [Land Titles Act 1980](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019) ; > > > ***regulations*** means regulations made under this Act; > > > [*\[Section 3 Amended by No. 1 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:12 Apr 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-04-12/act-2005-001#GS4@EN) ***reserved road*** means a road (however described) which has been reserved in a land grant or a folio of the Register of title or by the exercise of a power of reservation conferred by or under an Act; > > > ***Roll*** means the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania Electors Roll prepared and maintained under [section 8](#GS8@EN) ; > > > [*\[Section 3 Amended by No. 25 of 2005, s. 4, Applied:21 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-21/act-2005-025#GS4@EN) ***south region*** means that part of the State comprising the cities of Hobart, Clarence and Glenorchy and the municipal areas of Brighton, Central Highlands, Derwent Valley, Glamorgan-Spring Bay, Huon Valley, Kingborough, Sorell, Southern Midlands and Tasman.