Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRAWN EXPORT PROMOTION ACT 1995 No. 14, 1995 - SECT 3

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: "annual operational
plan", in relation to FRDC, has the same meaning as in the Research and
Development Act;

"Australian Prawn Promotion Association Limited" means the body corporate
having that name at the commencement of this Act;

"collecting authority" means a State, or an authority of a State, that, under
an agreement entered into under section 11, has agreed to collect levy on
behalf of the Commonwealth;

"collecting organisation" means an organisation with which the Secretary has
entered into an agreement under section 12;

"FRDC" means the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation established
under section 8 of the Research and Development Act;

"levy" means:

   (a)  levy imposed by the Prawn Boat Levy Act 1995; or

   (b)  charge imposed by the Prawn Export Charge Act 1995;

"levy payer" means a person who has paid, or is liable to pay, levy;

"mariculture installation" means a fixed or movable floating structure used
for the purpose of enclosing a population of prawns so that they are able to
be reared and harvested;

"net weight", in relation to a sea-caught prawn product, means the weight of
the sea-caught prawns or parts of sea-caught prawns:

   (a)  included in the product; or

   (b)  used in the manufacture or preparation of the product;

"organisation" means:

   (a)  a body corporate; or

   (b)  an unincorporated body of persons;

"prawn" means a decapod crustacean of the family Penaeidae, Caridae or
Metanephropidae and included in:

   (a)  a species listed in the Schedule; or

   (b)  a species prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
        definition;

"R & D plan", in relation to FRDC, has the same meaning as in the Research and
Development Act;

"Research and Development Act" means the Primary Industries and Energy 
Research and Development Act 1989 ;

"sea" includes marine and tidal waters within the limits of a State or an
internal Territory, but does not include waters enclosed by means of a
mariculture installation;

"sea-caught prawn" means a prawn that:

   (a)  has been taken from the sea; and

   (b)  has not been kept alive for the purposes of growth or propagation
        after being taken from the sea;

"sea-caught prawn product" means

   (a)  any product that includes, in whatever form, a sea-caught prawn or a
        part of a sea-caught prawn; or

   (b)  any product in the manufacture or preparation of which a sea-caught
        prawn or a part of a sea-caught prawn has been used;

"State" includes the Northern Territory and Norfolk Island.