3Definitions
(1)
In this Act—
advisory committee
means an advisory committee established under Part 6.
Authority means the
Environment Protection Authority constituted by this Act.
Board means the Board of the
Authority established under this Act.
Chairperson means the
Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 18.
Chief Executive
Officer or CEO means the person employed in
the Public Service as the Chief Executive Officer of the
Authority.
criminal or related
proceedings means any proceedings for an offence against the
environment protection legislation or any proceedings under Division 4 of Part
8.2 and Part 8.4 of, or under Schedule 2A to, the Protection of the Environment Operations Act
1997.
environment means
components of the earth, including—
(a)
land, air and water, and
(b)
any layer of the atmosphere,
and
(c)
any organic or inorganic matter and any living
organism, and
(d)
human-made or modified structures and
areas,
and includes interacting natural ecosystems that include
components referred to in paragraphs (a)–(c).
environment
protection includes anything which furthers the objectives
of the Authority as set out in section 6.
environment protection
legislation means the following Acts, and the regulations
and other instruments made under the following Acts—
(a)
this Act,
(b)
Contaminated Land Management Act
1997,
(c)
Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail
Transport) Act 2008,
(d)
Environmental Trust Act
1998,
(e)
Environmentally Hazardous
Chemicals Act 1985,
(f)
Ozone Protection Act
1989,
(g)
Pesticides Act
1999,
(h)
Protection of the Environment
Operations Act 1997,
(i)
Radiation Control Act
1990,
(j)
Recreation Vehicles Act
1983,
(k)
Waste Avoidance and Resource
Recovery Act 2001,
(l)
any other Act, or part of an Act, prescribed by
the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
Note—
A regulation prescribing an Act, or part of an
Act, for the purposes of paragraph (l) may only be made with the concurrence
of the Minister responsible for the administration of the Act or
part—see section 3(1A).
public authority means
a public or local authority constituted by or under any Act and
includes—
(a)
a government department or administrative office,
and
(b)
a member of staff or other person who exercises
functions on behalf of a public authority.
Note—
The Interpretation
Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions that
affect the interpretation and application of this Act.
(1A)
A regulation prescribing an Act, or part of an
Act, for the purposes of subsection 3(1), definition of environment
protection legislation, paragraph (l) may only be made with
the concurrence of the Minister responsible for administering the Act, or
part, to be prescribed.
(2)
In this Act—
(a)
a reference to a function includes a reference to
a power, authority, responsibility and duty, and
(b)
a reference to the exercise of a function
includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the
duty.
(3)
Notes included in this Act do not form part of
this Act.
s 3: Am 1993 No 46,
Sch 2; 1995 No 36, Sch 6; 1995 No 102, Sch 6; 1997 No 113, Sch 1.5; 1997 No
140, Sch 1.5; 1997 No 147, Sch 1.21; 1997 No 156, Sch 4.15 [1]–[3]; 1998
No 82, Sch 2.2; 1999 No 80, Sch 3.5 [1] [2]; 2001 No 58, Sch 3.6; 2002 No 112,
Sch 2.14; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.41; 2008 No 95, Sch 2.8; 2011 No 63, Sch 1 [1]
[2]; 2015 No 42, Sch 2.3; 2017 No 21, Sch 2 [1]; 2021 No 31, Sch 3.2[1]; 2022
No 3, Sch 4[1]–[4].