Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"Account" means the Natural Resources Management Account continued in existence by section 11.
"agreement" means an agreement under section 5 or 6.
"natural resources management" means:
(a) any activity relating to the management of the use, development or conservation of one or more of the following natural resources:
(i) soil;
(ii) water;
(iii) vegetation; or
(b) any activity relating to the management of the use, development or conservation of any other natural resources for the purposes of an activity mentioned in paragraph ( a).
"officer" means a person appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 .
"project" means a project relating to natural resources management.
"State" includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory .
(2) A reference in a provision of this Act to an authorised officer is a reference to an officer authorised in writing by the Minister for the purposes of the provision.