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79 Definitions
In this Part—
S. 79 def. of *agreed activity* inserted by No. 67/2016 s. 19(5).
***agreed activity*** means an activity that a member of a traditional owner group may carry out under provisions of an agreement under this Part made under section 82;
S. 79 def. of *authorisation order* repealed by No. 67/2016 s. 19(1).
***fauna*** has the same meaning as in the **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988**;
***fish*** has the same meaning as in section 5 of the **Fisheries Act 1995**;
***flora*** has the same meaning as in the **Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988**;
S. 79 def. of *forest produce* substituted by No. 67/2016 s. 19(2).
***forest produce*** means the following—
(a) all parts of trees or plants, including any parts below the ground;
(b) the products of trees or plants, whether or not those products have become separated from those trees or plants before being harvested and includes the following—
(i) honey;
(ii) beeswax;
(iii) oil distilled from any species of eucalypt;
(iv) firewood;
S. 79 def. of *natural resources* substituted by No. 67/2016 s. 19(3), amended by No. 24/2024 s. 68(1).
***natural resources*** means—
(a) land; and
(b) in relation to land the following—
(i) vegetation, including flora and forest produce, on or depending on the land;
(ii) animals, including fauna and fish, whether of any taxon or community and whether wildlife or introduced animals, on or depending on the land;
(iii) water (whether or not it contains impurities) that is in, on or under the land;
(iv) stone, gravel, limestone, lime salt, sand, loam, clay, brick, earth, salt, guano, shell grit, soil and other similar materials, but not gold, silver, metals or minerals;
S. 79 def. of *relevant Minister* inserted by No. 67/2016 s. 19(5).
***relevant Minister***—
(a) in relation to land that is the subject of a natural resource agreement, means the Minister administering the Act under which the land is occupied, used, controlled and managed; and
(b) in relation to any natural resource (other than land) that is the subject of a natural resource agreement, means—
(i) the Minister administering the provisions of the Act under which the natural resource is managed; and
(ii) for animal welfare, the Minister administering section 9 of the **Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986**;
S. 79 def. of *timber resources* inserted by No. 67/2016 s. 19(5), repealed by No. 24/2024 s. 68(2).
S. 79 def. of *traditional purposes* amended by No. 4/2013 s. 22, substituted by No. 67/2016 s. 19(4).
***traditional purposes***, in relation to a traditional owner group, means the purposes of providing for—
(a) any personal or domestic needs of the members of the traditional owner group; or
(b) any non-commercial communal needs of the members of the traditional owner group;
***wildlife*** has the same meaning as in the **Wildlife Act 1975**.
Division 2—Natural resource agreements