Interpretation
3 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
the area factor means the factor for each of the emergency services areas declared by notice under section 10;
authorised officer means a person who is an authorised officer for the purposes of the taxation laws under the Taxation
Administration Act 1996;
Commissioner means the person appointed or acting as the Commissioner of State
Taxation, and includes a person appointed or acting as a
Deputy Commissioner of State Taxation (see Part 9 of the
Taxation
Administration Act 1996);
contiguous land—see subsections (2) and (3);
CTP
Regulator means the CTP Regulator established under the Compulsory
Third Party Insurance Regulation Act 2016;
emergency service means—
a service of the kind provided by—
the
South Australian Country Fire Service;
the
South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service;
the
South Australian State Emergency Service;
Surf
Life Saving South Australia Inc.;
a body or organisation accredited as a Volunteer Marine Rescue organisation by the State Marine Rescue Committee; or
a service provided by the South Australian Police Department—
of a kind referred to in paragraph (a);
or
to assist a body or organisation referred to in paragraph (a) in providing such a service; or
a service or other activity incidental or related to a service of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b);
emergency services area means an area prescribed by or under section 7;
the
Fund means the Community Emergency Services Fund established by this Act;
the land use factor means the factor for each of the land uses referred to in section 8(1) declared by notice under section 10;
motor vehicle means a motor vehicle that is required to be registered under the
Motor
Vehicles Act 1959;
non-reviewable decision—see section 4;
owner of land means—
where the land has been granted in fee simple—
in the case of land that is subject to a life estate—the holder of the life estate;
in any other case—the holder of the estate in fee simple in the land;
in relation to dedicated land within the meaning of the Crown
Lands Act 1929 that has not been granted in fee simple but which is under the care, control and management of a Minister, body or other person—the
Minister, body or other person;
in relation to land dedicated by or under any other Act being land that has not been granted in fee simple but which is under the care, control and management of a Minister, body or other person—the
Minister, body or other person;
where the land is unalienated land of the Crown—the Crown;
where the land is held from the Crown under lease, licence or agreement to purchase—
if the lease, licence or agreement confers a right to occupy the land—the person entitled to the right of occupation;
in any other case—the Crown;
where the land is held under a shack lease—the person entitled to the right of occupation, and includes any person who has arrogated to himself or herself (whether lawfully or unlawfully) the rights of an owner of the land;
shack lease means a lease for the occupation of land for holiday, recreational or residential purposes where the land is situated on or adjacent to the banks of the River Murray, a tributary of the River Murray, or a lake or lagoon connected with the River Murray or a tributary of the
River Murray;
Tribunal means the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established under the South
Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013;
vessel means a vessel that is required to be registered under the Harbors and Navigation Act 1993.
Where unalienated land of the Crown is held from the Crown under a licence, the ownership of the land for the purposes of this Act will be determined in accordance with paragraph (e) of the definition of owner in subsection (1) and not in accordance with paragraph (d) of that definition.
For the purposes of this Act, pieces of land will be taken to be contiguous if they abut one another at any point or if they are separated only by—
a street, road, lane, footway, court, railway, thoroughfare or travelling stock route; or
a reserve or other similar open space dedicated for public purposes.
For the purposes of subsection (2) pieces of land will be taken to be separated by intervening land if a line projected at right angles from any point on the boundary of one of them with the intervening land would intersect a boundary of the other with the intervening land.
A reference in this Act to the use of land is a reference to the predominant use of the land.
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