means the Administrator of the Northern Territory acting with the advice of the Executive Council of the Northern Territory .

means the Advisory Committee established under section 16.

or Region means:

means a member of the Advisory Committee other than the Supervising Scientist or the Director of National Parks.

means such Aboriginal Land Council established under the Aboriginal Land Rights ( Northern Territory ) Act 1976 as the Minister declares by instrument under his or her hand to be the Aboriginal Land Council responsible for the Alligator Rivers Region for the purposes of this Act.

means the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee, or the Chairperson of the Technical Committee, as the context requires.

means the Advisory Committee or the Technical Committee, as the context requires.

means an area that was a conservation zone declared under section 8A of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 .

means the person holding office as Director of Conservation under the Conservation Commission Act 1980 of the Northern Territory or, if a person is acting as the Director, the person so acting.

means a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro ‐ organism communities and their non ‐ living environment interacting as a functional unit.

includes:

means mining operations other than uranium mining operations.

means the Alligator Rivers Region Research Institute.

means a member of the Advisory Committee, or a member of the Technical Committee, as the context requires.

means a naturally occurring substance or mixture of substances.

means any operations or activities for or in connection with, or incidental to, the mining (whether by underground or surface working) or recovery of minerals or the production of material from minerals and, in particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes:

means the report known as the Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry Second Report that was presented to the Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development and the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs on 17 May 1977.

means an obligation, condition, restriction or prohibition.

includes any waters within the ebb and flow of the tide.

means the Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region.