6Definitions

#### 6 Definitions In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > Account means the Lands Acquisition Account continued in existence by section 89A. > acquiring authority means: (a) the Commonwealth; or (b) a Commonwealth authority. > Australia includes the external Territories. > authorised person has the meaning given by section 7. > authority does not include: (a) a body politic; (b) an incorporated association or society; (c) an incorporated company; or (d) a body of trustees. > Commonwealth authority means an authority: (a) that is incorporated by or under a law of the Commonwealth or by or under a law of a Territory, other than: (i) an enactment as defined by section 3 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988; (ii) a law of the Northern Territory; and (b) that is not declared by the regulations to be an exempt authority. > compensation claim form means a form approved by the Minister for the purposes of subsection 67(2). > Court or Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia. > Crown land means land the property of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory. > dispose includes grant or create. > interest, in relation to land (including overseas land), means: (a) any legal or equitable estate or interest in the land; (b) a restriction on the use of the land, whether or not annexed to other land; or (c) any other right (including a right under an option and a right of redemption), charge, power or privilege over or in connection with the land or an interest in the land; and includes the interest of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory in Crown land. > land means land in Australia. > mortgage means a security over an interest in land (including overseas land) securing the payment or repayment of money. > mortgagee, in relation to a mortgage, means the person who is or was entitled to receive payment or repayment of the money secured by the mortgage. > mortgage interest means the interest in land of a mortgagee under a mortgage. > mortgagor, in relation to a mortgage, means the person who is or was the owner of the interest in land subject to the mortgage. > overseas land means land outside Australia. > planning instrument means an instrument made under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that relates to town planning or use of land. > pre‑acquisition declaration means a declaration under subsection 22(1). > public park means land that, under a law of a State or Territory, is dedicated or reserved, or is vested in trustees, as a public park or national park or otherwise for the purposes of public recreation. > public purpose means a purpose in respect of which the Parliament has power to make laws and includes, in relation to land in a Territory, any purpose in relation to the Territory. > Tribunal means the Administrative Review Tribunal. > unreviewable pre‑acquisition declaration means a pre‑acquisition declaration that includes a statement under subsection 22(6).