Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINERALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH ACT 1987 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        Acting Board Chairman means person appointed under section 14(1) to act in the office of Board Chairman;

        advisory committee means Minerals Research Advisory Committee or advisory committee appointed under section 19;

        Board means Board of Directors of the Institute referred to in section 8(1);

        Board Chairman means director appointed under section 13(1) to be the chairman of the Board;

        director means director appointed under section 12(1);

        energy research means research as to the location, extraction, processing, transportation or marketing of petroleum, coal, a naturally occurring gas or mixture of gases or a prescribed substance and includes the development of any associated process, technique, method, design or apparatus;

        minerals means naturally occurring substances obtained or obtainable from the Earth, but excluding any substance (other than coal, petroleum, a naturally occurring gas or mixture of gases or a prescribed substance) that is a source of energy;

        minerals research includes the development of any process, technique, method, design or apparatus to locate, extract, process, transport or market minerals;

        Minerals Research Advisory Committee means Minerals Research Advisory Committee established under section 18(1);

        research project means minerals research project or energy research project;

        the Account means the Minerals and Energy Research Account referred to in section 26(3);

        the Department means the Department of the Public Service of the State principally assisting the Minister to whom the administration of the Mining Act 1978 is for the time being committed by the Governor in that administration;

        the Institute means the Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia established by section 4(1).

        [Section 3 amended by No. 89 of 1994 s. 109; No. 53 of 2003 s. 74.]