Wilderness Protection Act 1992

Aboriginal means of, or pertaining to, the people who inhabited Australia before European colonisation;

Aboriginal object has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal

Heritage Act 1988;

Aboriginal organisation means an association, body or group comprised, or substantially comprised, of Aboriginal persons having as its principal objects the furtherance of interests of Aboriginal people;

Aboriginal site has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal

Heritage Act 1988;

Aboriginal tradition means Aboriginal traditions, observances, customs or beliefs and includes traditions, observances, customs and beliefs that have evolved or developed from that tradition since European colonisation;

the

Chief Executive Officer means the person for the time being holding, or acting in, the office of Chief Executive Officer of the Department;

Crown land means—

Department means the administrative unit of the Public Service charged with the administration of this Act;

the

Director means the person for the time being holding, or acting in, the office of Director of National Parks and Wildlife;

the

Environment, Resources and Development Committee means the committee of that name established by the Parliamentary

Committees Act 1991;

land includes submerged land and includes an estate or interest in land;

land acquired by the Minister means land that the Minister has acquired for the purposes of this

Act and includes land that the Minister proposes to acquire for those purposes and in relation to which he or she has served a notice of intention to acquire the land under the Land

Acquisition Act 1969;

management in relation to land includes the restoration of the land and its ecosystems to their condition before European colonisation;

mining

Act means the Mining

Act 1971, the Petroleum

Act 2000, the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 or the Offshore

Minerals Act 2000;

mining tenement means a mineral claim, lease, licence, permit or other authority granted under a mining Act and includes rights of entry, prospecting, exploration or mining in relation to an area of land declared to be a private mine under the Mining

Act 1971;

the

Minister means the Minister in whom the administration of the National Parks

Act is vested for the time being;

modern technology includes all forms of human technology except Aboriginal technology;

the

National Parks Act means the National

Parks and Wildlife Act 1972;

native plant has the same meaning as in the National Parks Act;

owner of land means—

Crown—the person entitled to the benefit of the agreement;

Parks and Wilderness Council means the Parks and Wilderness Council established under the

National Parks Act;

public notice means notice published on a website determined by the Minister;

reserve means a reserve constituted under the National Parks Act;

vehicle includes—

warden means a person for the time being holding the office of warden under this Act;

wilderness means land that meets the wilderness criteria;

the wilderness code of management or the code of management means the wilderness code of management under Part

2 Division 3;

the wilderness criteria—see subsection (2);

wilderness protection area or area means land constituted as a wilderness protection area under this

Act;

wilderness protection zone or zone means land constituted as a wilderness protection zone under this

Act;

wildlife means all native plants and animals indigenous to Australia existing apart from cultivation or domestication;

Wildlife

Conservation Fund means the Wildlife Conservation Fund established by section 11 of the National Parks Act.