3Interpretation

##### 3 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > appropriate Minister, in relation to a State or an internal Territory, means: (a) the Minister designated by that State or Territory for the purposes of this Act; or (b) any other Minister of that State or Territory for the time being acting for and on behalf of that Minister; and includes a delegate of the Minister referred to in paragraph (a) or (b). > approved body means a body approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Act, being: (a) an authority or body established by or under a law of the Commonwealth; (b) an authority of a State or of a Territory; or (c) a local governing body; or (d) any body corporate constituted for purposes other than the acquisition of gain by its individual members. > Australia includes the external Territories to which this Act extends. > authority of the Commonwealth includes: (a) all authorities and bodies (not being companies or societies) established by or appointed under the laws of the Commonwealth or of a Territory other than the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory or Norfolk Island; and (b) a company in which the whole of the shares or stock, or shares and stock carrying more than one-half of the voting power, is or are owned by or on behalf of the Commonwealth; but does not include the Commission or a court. > Chair means the Chair of the Commission. > Commission means the Commission established by this Act. > conservation, in relation to the national estate, includes protection, maintenance and preservation, and conserve has a corresponding meaning. > co-opted Commissioner means a person appointed under subsection 21(1) to be a co-opted Commissioner. > Department means an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999). > grants program means the program referred to in paragraph 7(da). > improvement, in relation to the national estate, includes the restoration of places included in the national estate, and improve has a corresponding meaning. > Interim List means the list kept under section 26. > National Estate project means a project relating to: (a) the identification of a place included in the National Estate; or (b) the conservation, improvement or presentation of a place entered in the Register or in the Interim List. > owner, in relation to any real property, means: (a) if the property is held in fee simple—the person in whom the fee simple is vested; or (b) if the property is held under a lease from the Crown (other than a lease for the exploration or exploitation of minerals or a lease of a similar limited nature)—the lessee of the property. > place includes: (a) a site, area or region; (b) a building or other structure (which may include equipment, furniture, fittings and articles associated with or connected with such building or other structure); and (c) a group of buildings or other structures (which may include equipment, furniture, fittings and articles associated with or connected with such group of buildings or other structures); and, in relation to the conservation or improvement of a place, includes the immediate surroundings of the place. > presentation, in relation to the national estate, includes: (a) the exhibition or display of; (b) the provision of access to; and (c) the publication of information in relation to; places included in the national estate, and present has a corresponding meaning. > Register means the Register of the National Estate kept in pursuance of this Act. > representative Commissioner means a Commissioner whose appointment is authorized by subsection 12(1A). > Territory means an internal Territory or an external Territory to which this Act extends. (2) In this Act, a reference to public notice is a reference to notice published: (a) in the Gazette; (b) in a local newspaper, if any, circulating in the area concerned; and (c) in each State and Territory, in a newspaper circulating throughout that State or Territory.