Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Act:
"Account" means the Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Account continued in existence by section 4.
"accounting transfer purpose" has the meaning given by section 18.
"agriculture" includes:
(a) the cultivation of land; or
(b) the maintenance of animals for the purposes of selling them or their bodily produce, including natural increase; or
(c) fishing or aquaculture operations; or
(d) forest operations; or
(e) horticulture.
"Agriculture Department" means the Department administered by the Agriculture Minister.
"Agriculture Minister" means the Minister administering Part 2 of the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992 .
"Australia" , when used in a geographical sense, includes:
(a) the external Territories; and
(b) the exclusive economic zone.
"environmental protection" has the meaning given by section 15.
"exclusive economic zone" means the exclusive economic zone (within the meaning of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 ), adjacent to the coast of Australia or the coast of an external Territory.
"Finance Minister" means the Minister administering the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
"horticulture" includes the production of a horticultural product (within the meaning of the Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000 ).
"Natural Heritage Ministerial Board" means the Natural Heritage Ministerial Board established by section 40.
"natural resources management" has the meaning given by section 17.
"proceeds of the sale of shares in Telstra" includes:
(a) an amount received by the Commonwealth directly or indirectly from:
(i) the sale - scheme trustee (within the meaning of the Telstra Corporation Act 1991 ); or
(ii) an investor in Telstra;
under a Telstra sale scheme (within the meaning of that Act); and
(b) an amount received by the Commonwealth by way of the redemption of redeemable preference shares in Telstra held by the Commonwealth, where the redemption was in accordance with a Telstra sale scheme (within the meaning of the Telstra Corporation Act 1991 ).
"State" includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
"sustainable agriculture" has the meaning given by section 16.
"Telstra" has the same meaning as in the Telstra Corporation Act 1991 .
"waste minimisation" includes reduction of use, re - use and recycling.