3Definitions

3 Definitions

3 Definitions

(1) Unless the context otherwise requires:

Authorised person means a person authorised by the Commissioner or the board.

Board means the Border Fence Maintenance Board constituted under this Act.

Commissioner means the person appointed under section 3AA to exercise the functions of the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act.

Dog-proof fence means a fence which is sufficient for the exclusion of wild dogs.

Occupier means person entitled for the time being to possession of land, and includes the resident manager where the occupier does not reside on the land.

Owner includes:

(a) the holder, or the holder subject to mortgage, of any lease or licence, or promise of any lease or licence, from the Crown, and

(b) a person to whom the Crown has contracted to sell land under the Crown Lands Acts, and

(c) persons for the time being in the authorised charge or possession of land.

Queensland Border Fence means the fence known by that name and erected on or near the northern border of New South Wales and extending from or near the western border of New South Wales at its junction with the said northern border for approximately 349 kilometres easterly to a point approximately 16 kilometres east of Hungerford, other than such portion of the fence as may, from time to time, be determined by the board and notified in the Gazette.

South Australian Border Fence means the fence known by that name and erected on or near the western border of New South Wales and extending from or near the northern border of New South Wales at its junction with the said western border for approximately 257 kilometres southerly, other than such portion of the fence as may, from time to time, be determined by the board and notified in the Gazette.

Western Division means that part of the State that is the Western Division within the meaning of the Crown Land Management Act 2016.

Wild dog includes any dingo or native dog, or any dog which has become wild, or any dog which apparently has no owner and is not under control.

Note—

The Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.

(2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.

Am 1950 No 35, sec 2 (c); 1957 No 40, sec 3 (a); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1975 No 53, Sch; 1980 No 196, Sch 1; 1985 No 195, Sch 1 (2); 1992 No 57, Sch 1; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.61; 2015 No 24, Sch 8.44 [3] [4]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.109 [1] [2].