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Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme Act 2003
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In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
> ABN has the meaning given by section 41 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.
> agricultural activity has the meaning given by subsections 28(1) and (2).
> agricultural construction activity has the meaning given by section 25.
> agricultural soil/water activity has the meaning given by section 24.
> agricultural use limestone has the meaning given by section 29.
> agricultural waste activity has the meaning given by section 26.
> agriculture has the meaning given by section 22.
> approved catchment area has the meaning given by section 30.
> Australia does not include the external Territories.
> beneficiation has a meaning affected by subsections 11(4) and (5).
> beneficiation process has a meaning affected by subsection 11(6).
> carrying on an enterprise includes doing anything in the course of the commencement or termination of the enterprise.
> Commissioner means the Commissioner of Taxation.
> core agricultural activity has the meaning given by section 31.
> earthworks has the meaning given by section 32.
> emergency vehicle means a vehicle that is specified in the regulations to be an emergency vehicle, or that is in a class of vehicles that are specified in the regulations to be emergency vehicles.
> enterprise has the meaning given by section 38 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.
> fish has the meaning given by subsection 34(2).
> fishing operations has the meaning given by subsection 34(1).
> forestry has the meaning given by section 35.
> goods includes a substance and a tangible thing.
> gross vehicle mass, in relation to a vehicle, means:
(a) if the vehicle is registered for use on a public road—the gross vehicle mass, or if the vehicle is a prime mover, the gross combination mass, of the vehicle as used for the purposes of registration of the vehicle by the vehicle registration authority that registered the vehicle; or
(b) if not—the road weight specified by the manufacturer of the vehicle as the maximum design weight capacity of the vehicle, or, in the absence of such a specification, the sum of the following:
(i) the weight of the vehicle;
(ii) the weight of the maximum load for which the vehicle was designed (including the weight of the driver and a full tank of fuel).
> horticulture has a meaning affected by section 33.
> import into Australia: You import off‑road diesel fuel, on‑road diesel fuel or on‑road alternative fuel into Australia if:
(a) you enter the goods for home consumption (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901); and
(b) at the time they are so entered for home consumption, you are the owner (within the meaning of that Act) of the goods.
> incidental use, in relation to a vehicle, has the meaning given by section 8.
> live‑stock has a meaning affected by subsection 23(2).
> live‑stock activity has the meaning given by subsection 23(1).
> marine transport has a meaning affected by section 37.
> metropolitan area has the meaning given by section 6.
> minerals has the meaning given by section 20.
> mining construction activity has the meaning given by section 15.
> mining operations has the meaning given by section 11.
> mining rehabilitation activity has the meaning given by section 13.
> mining town has the meaning given by section 19.
> mining transport activity has the meaning given by section 12.
> mining vehicle activity has the meaning given by section 17.
> mining waste activity has the meaning given by section 16.
> mining water activity has the meaning given by section 14.
> off‑road diesel fuel means diesel fuel or any other like fuel of a kind that is specified in the regulations.
> on‑road alternative fuel means:
(a) compressed natural gas; or
(b) liquefied petroleum gas; or
(c) ethanol; or
(d) such other fuel as is specified in the regulations;
but, to avoid doubt, does not include a blend of anything in any paragraph of this definition with anything in any other paragraph or paragraphs of this definition or with any other fuel or fuels.
> on‑road diesel fuel has the meaning given by the regulations.
> pearling operations has the meaning given by subsection 34(3).
> place includes a ship.
> port means a port appointed under section 15 of the Customs Act 1901.
> primary production has the meaning given by section 21.
> primary production business has the meaning given by section 7.
> prime mover has the meaning given by the Interstate Road Transport Regulations 1986.
> processing, in relation to fish, has a meaning affected by subsection 34(4).
> rail vehicle has the meaning given by section 39.
> registered vehicle means a vehicle that is registered for use on public roads.
> residential premises means:
(a) premises used as a house; or
(b) other premises at which at least one person resides;
but does not include:
(c) premises used in the business of a hotel, motel or boarding house or a similar business; or
(d) premises used as a hospital or nursing home or as any other institution providing medical or nursing care; or
(e) premises used as a home for aged persons; or
(f) premises used as a boarding school.
> road vehicle means a vehicle of a kind ordinarily used on roads for the transport of persons or goods.
> State or Territory authority means:
(a) an instrumentality of a State or Territory; or
(b) an authority or body established for the purpose of a State or Territory by or under a law of the State or Territory.
> sundry agricultural activity has the meaning given by section 27.
> sundry mining activity has the meaning given by section 18.
> use of on‑road alternative fuel, on‑road diesel fuel or off‑road diesel fuel, does not include sale or other disposal of the fuel or loss of the fuel.
> use in marine transport has the meaning given by section 36.
> use in rail transport has the meaning given by section 38.
> Note: The definition of the expression you in section 5 of the Product Grants and Benefits Administration Act 2000 has effect for the purposes of this Act.