3Interpretation

3 Interpretation (1) In this Act: affected person, see section 78.

Kava Management Act 1998 2 analyst means an analyst appointed under section 33. approved form means a form approved under section 83A. authorised officer means: (a) a person appointed to be an authorised officer under section 29(1); (b) a member of the Police Force; or (c) an inspector appointed under section 16 of the Liquor Act 2019. commercial quantity means: (a) 25 or more kilograms of kava; (b) 25 or more litres of kava prepared as a drink; or (c) 20 or more kava plants. cultivate includes grow, sow or scatter the seed produced by kava and plant, nurture, tend or harvest kava. delegate decision, see section 78. Director means the Director of Kava Management appointed under section 8A. incorporated association means an Aboriginal corporation as defined in section 3 of the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 (Cth). kava, whether prepared as a drink or in another form: (a) means: (i) the plant or a part of the plant piper methysticum; (ii) a kava lactone; or (iii) a substance produced by chemical synthesis that has the same pharmacological effect as a kava lactone; and (b) includes any substance that is not kava or is not identifiable as kava that is used or dealt with by a person together with kava as if it were kava.

Kava Management Act 1998 3 kava lactone means an extract obtainable from the plant piper methysticum that is demethoxy-yangonin, dihydrokavain, dihydromethysticin, kavain, methysticin or yangonin. kava management plan means a kava management plan referred to in section 58A(1), and includes an amended kava management plan or a replacement kava management plan. kava plant means a whole kava plant or a root or part of a root or any other part of a kava plant. licence means a retail licence or a wholesale licence issued or renewed under Part 8 of this Act. licence area means an area declared under section 57(2)(a) to be an area where kava may be sold for consumption. licensee means the holder of a retail licence or a wholesale manufacture includes the process of extracting and refining kava. possession includes being subject to a person's control notwithstanding that the thing possessed is in the custody of another person. premises includes a structure, building, area of land or other place (whether built on or not) and a part of a structure, building, area of land or place. produce means: (a) prepare, package or produce; (b) offering to prepare, package or produce; or (c) doing or offering to do an act preparatory to, in furtherance of or for the purpose of preparing, packaging or producing. retail licensee means the holder of a retail licence. reviewable decision, see section 78. sell includes offer or expose for sale. supply means: (a) give, distribute, sell, administer, transport or supply, whether or not for fee, reward or consideration or in expectation of fee, reward or consideration;