Definitions
5 Definitions
In this Act:
Aboriginal person has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
appointed member means a member appointed under section 15.
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets means:
if:
Australia’s current nationally determined contribution was communicated in accordance with Article 4 of the Paris Agreement in June 2022; and
that nationally determined contribution has not been adjusted in accordance with paragraph 11 of Article 4 of the Paris Agreement;
the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets set out in paragraphs 10(1)(a) and (b) of the Climate Change Act 2022; or
in any other case—the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets included in:
Australia’s current nationally determined contribution communicated in accordance with Article 4 of the Paris Agreement; or
if that nationally determined contribution has been adjusted in accordance with paragraph 11 of Article 4 of the Paris Agreement—that nationally determined contribution, as adjusted and in force from time to time.
Board means the Board of the Facility.
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Facility.
Chair means the Chair of the Board.
Facility means the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility established by section 6.
Finance Minister means the Minister who administers the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
financial assistance, in relation to the function conferred on the Facility by subsection 7(1A), includes assistance in the form of loans, letters of credit, guarantees, purchase of bonds, and equity investments.
Indigenous person means:
an Aboriginal person; or
a Torres Strait Islander.
Investment Mandate: see subsection 9(2).
Local Government Area means a local government area recognised by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
member means a member of the Board and includes the Chair.
Minister for Northern Australia means the Minister who administers this Act.
Minister’s consideration period: see subsection 11(3).
Northern Australia means the area that includes the following:
the Northern Territory;
the areas of Queensland and Western Australia that are North of the Tropic of Capricorn other than the Meekatharra Statistical Area level 2;
the areas South of the Tropic of Capricorn of each Statistical Area level 2 that has an area covered by paragraph (b);
the following Statistical Areas level 2:
Gladstone;
Gladstone Hinterland;
Carnarvon;
the Territory of Christmas Island;
the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;
the Local Government Areas of Meekatharra and Wiluna (despite paragraph (b));
the Local Government Area of Ngaanyatjarraku;
the territorial sea adjacent to areas covered by paragraphs (a) to (db).
Northern Australia economic infrastructure: see subsection 3(2).
Paris Agreement means the Paris Agreement, done at Paris on 12 December 2015, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
The Agreement is in Australian Treaty Series 2016 No. 24 ([2016] ATS 24) and could in 2022 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
proposal notice: see subsection 11(2).
rejection notice: see subsection 11(4).
responsible Ministers means the Finance Minister and the Minister for Northern Australia.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
Statistical Area level 2 means a statistical area level 2 recognised by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
subsidiary of the Facility means a subsidiary of the Facility for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Torres Strait Islander has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
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