Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CANBERRA WATER SUPPLY (GOOGONG DAM) ACT 1974 - SECT 3

    In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Assembly" means the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory .

"authorized person" means a person appointed under section   7.

"Executive" means the Australian Capital Territory Executive.

"Googong Dam Area" means the land described in the Schedule to the notice under subsection   10(3) of the Lands Acquisition Act 1955 - 1966 dated 17   October 1973 and published in the Gazette on that date, being land acquired by Australia for the purpose of the provision of facilities for the storage of water and its supply for use in the Territory.

"Territory" :

  (a)   when used in a geographical sense, means the Australian Capital Territory ; and

  (b)   when used in any other sense, means the body politic established by section   7 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self - Government) Act 1988 .

"Territory authority" means a body, whether corporate or not:

  (a)   established by or under a law made by the Assembly; or

  (b)   otherwise established by the Executive.