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National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012

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Distinguished Terms in this instrument
Term(s) Definition Defined in Legislation See Section(s)
Aboriginal land

means:

(a) land held by a Land Trust for an estate in fee simple; or

(b) land the subject of a deed of grant held in escrow by a Land Council.

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 - 3 Interpretation
authority

means:

(a) in relation to a State:

(i) a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under a law of the State; or

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Commonwealth contractor

means:

(a) a person who is a party to a contract with the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth entity; or

(b) a person who is a subcontractor for a contract with the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth entity.

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Commonwealth entity

means:

(a) a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under an Act; or

(b) a company in which a controlling interest is held by any one of the following persons, or any 2 or more of the following persons together:

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controlled material

means within the meaning of the

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

that is of domestic origin, but does not include high level radioactive material or spent nuclear fuel. For this purpose, is

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National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 - 4A Meaning of controlled material
facility

means a for the management of controlled material generated, possessed or controlled by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth entity.

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general nomination start time

means the time at which a declaration under section 6 takes effect.

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National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 - 6 Minister may declare that nominations can be made under section 7
high level radioactive material

means material which has a thermal energy output of at least 2 kilowatts per cubic metre.

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host community

, for a facility, means the community located in the local government area in which the facility is situated.

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Joint Convention

means the on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, done at Vienna on 5 September 1997, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.

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Land Council

means an Aboriginal established by or under this Act.

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 - 3 Interpretation
Land Trust

means an Aboriginal established under this Act.

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 - 3 Interpretation
local government area

means an area that, at the time the Minister makes a declaration under subsection 14(2) in relation to a site, is an area for which a local government body is constituted by or under a law of the State or Territory in which the site is situated.

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National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 - 14 Minister’s declaration of land as selected site or required for road access
nominator

of land means the following:

(a) a Land Council that nominated the land as a potential site under subsection 5(1);

(b) a person who nominated the land as a potential site under subsection 7(2) or (3).

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National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 - 5 Nomination by a Land Council
NRWMF Community Fund entity

: see subsection 34AA(1).

Note: NRWMF is short for National Radioactive Waste Management Facility.

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National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 - 34AA NRWMF Community Fund entity
selected site

means the site, or the specified part of a site, in relation to which a declaration by the Minister under subsection 14(2) is in effect.

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National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 - 14 Minister’s declaration of land as selected site or required for road access
site

means a approved by the Minister under section 9.

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National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 - 9 Approval of nominated land
spent nuclear fuel

means material that:

(a) is or was capable of producing energy by a self‐sustaining chain process of nuclear fission; and

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statutory authority

, in relation to the Crown in right of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, means any authority or body (including a corporation sole) established by a law of the Commonwealth, the State or Territory other than a general law allowing incorporation as a company or body corporate.

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subcontractor

, for a contract, means a person who is a party to:

(a) a contract with a Commonwealth contractor (within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition of

Commonwealth contractor

); or

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