5Interpretation

#### 5 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > atomic energy means any form of energy released in the course of nuclear fission, nuclear fusion or other nuclear transmutation. > Australia includes the Territories. > Commission means the Australian Atomic Energy Commission that was constituted under this Act before the enactment of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987. > historic section 41 authority means the authority under section 41 that was conferred on Energy Resources of Australia Limited on 14 November 1999, as in force from time to time. > Land Council has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. > minerals includes all substances obtained or obtainable from the earth by underground or surface working. > mining‑related operations, in relation to an area of land, means operations (including operations for mining) of a kind referred to in paragraph 41(2)(c) in relation to that area of land. > Northern Territory Mining Minister has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. > Part III authority means an authority under section 41 or 41CA. > prescribed substance means: (a) uranium, thorium, an element having an atomic number greater than 92 or any other substance declared by the regulations to be capable of being used for the production of atomic energy or for research into matters connected with atomic energy; and (b) any derivative or compound of a substance to which paragraph (a) applies. > Ranger Project Area means the land described in Schedule 2 to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. > rehabilitation authority means an authority under section 41CA. > rehabilitation requirement, in relation to an area of land, means a requirement imposed by a Part III authority that relates to the protection, rehabilitation, remediation or monitoring of the whole, or a part, of that area of land. (4) A reference in this Act to persons engaged in a joint venture shall be construed as a reference to persons carrying on or proposing to carry on any operations together, whether or not in partnership.