3. Interpretation
(1) In this Act unless otherwise provided ¾
}nuclear plant~ means a nuclear reactor, a radioisotope enrichment plant involved in the enrichment of uranium or plutonium, a nuclear reprocessing plant or a nuclear weapons facility, whether or not it is in a place to which this Act applies;
}nuclear waste~ means material ¾
(a) that is or contains a radioactive substance; and
(b) that ¾
(i) is waste of a nuclear plant; or
(ii) results from the testing, use or decommissioning of nuclear weapons,
whether or not that material has been conditioned or reprocessed;
}nuclear waste storage facility~ means any installation for the storage or disposal of any nuclear waste;
}person~ includes, without limiting the Interpretation Act 1984, the Crown in all its capacities;
}public moneys~ and }moneys of a statutory authority~ have the meanings given to them by section 3 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985;
}radioactive substance~ has the meaning given to it by section 4 of the Radiation Safety Act 1975.
(2) For the purposes of the definition of }nuclear waste~, waste of a nuclear plant does not include waste that results from the use of the products of a nuclear plant.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a person transports nuclear waste in the State whether or not the origin or destination of the waste is a place to which this Act applies.
[Section 3 amended by No. 2 of 2004 s. 6.]