4Definitions

4 Definitions

In this Act:

applied law means the provisions of a Northern Territory law that apply, in accordance with this Act, as laws of the Commonwealth.

authority of the Northern Territory means any of the following:

(a) the Administrator, a Minister or a member of the Executive Council of the Northern Territory;
(b) a court of the Northern Territory;
(c) a person who holds office as a member of a court of the Northern Territory;
(d) a body created by or under a law of the Northern Territory;
(e) an officer or employee of the Northern Territory;
(f) an officer or employee of a body referred to in paragraph (d).

corresponding applied law, in relation to a Northern Territory royalty law, means an applied law that corresponds to the Northern Territory royalty law.

corresponding Northern Territory royalty law, in relation to an applied law, means the Northern Territory royalty law to which the applied law corresponds.

designated substance means a prescribed substance (within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act 1953) that is:

(a) naturally occurring; and
(b) obtained or obtainable from land in the Northern Territory by mining, whether carried out under or on the surface of the land; and
(c) the property of the Commonwealth;

but does not include a substance obtained or obtainable from the Ranger Project Area.

Note: Section 35 of the Atomic Energy Act 1953 deals with the Commonwealth’s property in prescribed substances.

modifications includes additions, omissions and substitutions.

Northern Territory law means:

(a) a law in force in the Northern Territory, whether written or unwritten; or
(b) an instrument made or having effect under a law referred to in paragraph (a);

but does not include a law of the Commonwealth, whether written or unwritten, or an instrument made or having effect under such a law.

Northern Territory royalty law means the following, as in force from time to time:

(a) the Mineral Royalty Act 1982 (NT);
(b) any other Northern Territory law, to the extent that it is relevant to the operation of the law covered by paragraph (a).

proceedings means any proceedings, whether civil or criminal and whether original or appellate.