Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (IMPACT OF PROPOSALS) ACT 1974 No. 164 of 1974 - SECT 3

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-



"Australia" includes the Territories to which this Act extends;



"authority of Australia" does not include a court but includes an authority of
a Territory and all authorities and bodies (not being companies or societies)
established by or appointed under the laws of Australia and of the Territories
and also includes a company in which the whole of the shares or stock, or
shares or stock carrying more than one-half of the voting power, is or are
owned by or on behalf of Australia;



"environment" includes all aspects of the surroundings of man, whether
affecting him as an individual or in his social groupings, and "environmental"
has a corresponding meaning;



"Territory" means an internal Territory or an external Territory to which this
Act extends.