3Interpretation

3 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: affected land or waters: (a) means land or waters comprised in, or proposed to be comprised in, a permit or licence; and (b) in relation to a licence, includes the corridor described in section 66. apparatus or works means: (a) structures for protecting or supporting a pipeline; or (b) storage tanks, loading terminals and works and buildings used or to be used for purposes connected with or incidental to the operation of a pipeline, and fixed equipment or machinery used or to be used for purposes connected with or incidental to the operation or use thereof.

Energy Pipelines Act 1981 2 Crown lands means all lands of the Territory, including: (a) the bed of the sea within the limits of the Territory; (b) an estate in fee simple held by the Territory; and (c) reserved or dedicated land, but does not include land the subject of an incomplete purchase. energy-producing hydro-carbon means a naturally occurring or refined hydro-carbon or mixture of hydro-carbons, whether in a liquid, solid or gaseous state, or such a hydro-carbon or mixture of hydro-carbons mixed with such other substances as may be present. incomplete purchase, in relation to land, means a conditional purchase or a purchase by auction or otherwise of the fee simple from the Crown under the Crown Lands Act 1992 in respect of which any of the purchase money remains unpaid. inspector means a person appointed as an inspector under section 63. land means: (a) land held for an estate in fee simple other than land referred to in paragraph (b) or (d); (b) Crown land; (c) land the subject of an incomplete purchase; (d) a perpetual lease under the Crown Lands Act 1992 or a perpetual pastoral lease under the Pastoral Land Act 1992; (e) land, not being Crown land, owned by or vested in a person on behalf of the Crown or a public authority; and (f) land or waters in respect of which there are native title rights and interests. licence means a licence granted under Part III or section 43. licence area, in relation to a licence, means the land specified in the licence as being the licence area. licensee means the registered holder of a licence. native title and native title rights and interests have the meaning given in section 223 of the Native Title Act.

Energy Pipelines Act 1981 3 Native Title Act means the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth. native title holder has the meaning given in section 224 of the Native Title Act. owner: (a) in relation to land, other than Crown land or land owned by or vested in a person on behalf of the Crown or a public authority representing the Crown, includes every person who jointly or severally, whether at law or in equity: (i) is entitled to the land for an estate in fee simple; (ii) is the purchaser under an incomplete purchase, the holder of a perpetual lease under the Crown Lands Act 1992 or a perpetual pastoral lease under the Pastoral Land Act 1992 or a person (not being the purchaser under an incomplete purchase) to whom a person on behalf of the Crown, or a public authority, has lawfully contracted to convey or transfer the fee simple; or (iii) is entitled to receive, or is in receipt of, or if the land were let to a tenant would be entitled to receive, the rents and profits thereof, whether as beneficial owner, trustee, mortgagee in possession, or otherwise; (b) in relation to Crown land and land (not being land specified in a contract referred to in paragraph (a)(ii)) owned by or vested in a person on behalf of the Crown, means the Crown or that person; and (c) in relation to land (not being land specified in a contract referred to in paragraph (a)(ii)) owned by or vested in a public authority, means that public authority. partly cancelled, in relation to a licence, means cancelled as to part of the pipeline or some of the apparatus or works the subject of the licence. permit means a permit granted under Part II. permittee means the registered holder of a permit. pipeline means a pipe or system of pipes that has or have a maximum allowable operating pressure greater than 1050 kilopascals or a hoop stress (being a circumferential stress arising from internal pressure) that is, at one or more positions,