3Interpretation

3 Interpretation (1) In this Act: Aboriginal person means a person who is a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia. animal equivalent, see section 3A(2). applicant, for Part 4, Division 1, see section 35(5). approved means approved by the Minister. Board means the Pastoral Land Board established by section 11 or, in relation to a power or function delegated under section 24 to a member or members of the Board, that member or those members. Chairperson, in relation to the Board, means the Chairperson appointed under section 16 and includes a person appointed under section 19(1) to act as the Chairperson while the person is so acting. clear, in relation to land, see section 91A.

Pastoral Land Act 1992 2 clearing period means: (a) the period determined by the Board under section 91J(1); or (b) if no period is determined by the Board under section 91J(1) – the period specified in section 91J(3). clearing permit, see section 91F(1). condition, in relation to a pastoral lease, includes a covenant and a term and, in relation to land, means the state of the land. Crown land means all lands of the Territory, including the bed of the sea within territorial limits, but does not include reserved or dedicated land. degradation, in relation to land, means a decline in the condition of the natural resources of the land, including the capacity of the land to sustain pastoral productivity, resulting directly or indirectly from human activities on or affecting the land. District means a pastoral district into which the Territory is divided under section 8. estimated carrying capacity, see section 3A(1). feral animal means an animal of a kind introduced into Australia since 1787 that is living in a wild state. homestead, in relation to land the subject of a pastoral lease, means a building or group of buildings and other facilities of a substantial nature built for residential, administrative and management purposes and used for those purposes in connection with the legitimate pastoral use of the land. improved pasture, in relation to pastoral land, means a variety of plant not native to the District in which the pastoral land is situated that is sown and cultivated for consumption by grazing animals or for soil conservation or improvement purposes. improvements has the same meaning as it has in the Valuation of Land Act 1963. interested person, for Part 4, Division 1, see section 35(5A). lease transaction, for Part 4, see section 30B(1).

Pastoral Land Act 1992 3 lessee includes: (a) the person to whom a lease passes, whether by transfer or devolution; (b) a person permitted, in pursuance of an arrangement under section 50, to hold over land that was the subject of a former pastoral lease after the expiration of the term of the lease; (c) a mortgagee in possession; and (d) where applicable, a sublessee or other person in control of the relevant land. monitoring site means a monitoring site established under section 75. native vegetation, see section 91B. non-pastoral purpose, see section 85A(1). non-pastoral use permit means a permit granted by the Board under section 85A(1). NTA means the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). pastoral land means land the subject of a pastoral lease. pastoral lease means a lease granted over Crown land for pastoral purposes and includes a pastoral homestead lease and land which, in pursuance of an arrangement under section 50, is held over by the former lessee after the expiration of the term of a pastoral lessee means a lessee under a pastoral lease. pastoral purposes means the pasturing of stock for sustainable commercial use of the land on which they are pastured or agricultural or other non- dominant uses essential to, carried out in conjunction with, or inseparable from, the pastoral enterprise, including the production of agricultural products for use in stock feeding and pastoral based tourist activities such as farm holidays, but does not include a use which, under section 91, is declared by the Board not to be a use for pastoral purposes. reference area means an area of pastoral land declared under section 74(1) to be a reference area. registered native title body corporate has the meaning given in section 253 of the NTA.